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A Bottle in the Smoke

A Bottle in the Smoke by Janet Milne Rae is available here as the complete text, split into 1110 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Janet Milne Rae39 chapters

A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life by Janet Milne Rae. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #40517.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Bottle in the Smoke

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  1. Chapter I 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Bottle in the Smoke by Janet Milne Rae carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #40517, divided into 39 chapters and 1110 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Every sentence of A Bottle in the Smoke can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of A Bottle in the Smoke?

Yes. All 5549 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #40517 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Bottle in the Smoke is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #40517, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Bottle in the Smoke take to read?

About 462 minutes of reading across 1110 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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