A Crowned Queen
A Crowned Queen by Sydney C. Grier is available here as the complete text, split into 1874 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Crowned Queen: The Romance of a Minister of State by Sydney C. Grier. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66325.
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A Crowned Queen
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II In the Presence of Death
- Chapter III The Battle of the Creeds
- Chapter IV An Amateur Diplomatist
- Chapter V Heavily Handicapped
- Chapter VI A Daughter’s Duty
- Chapter VII Two Kings of Brentford
- Chapter VIII A Family Compact
- Chapter IX “Ways That Are Dark, and Tricks That Are Vain.”
- Chapter X A New Relationship
- Chapter XI Wayfaring
- Chapter XII Metamorphoses
- Chapter XIII In the Greenwood
- Chapter XIV The _Judenhetze_
- Chapter XV “We Two Stood There with Never a Third.”
- Chapter XVI This Working-Day World
- Chapter XVII “The Man Whom the Queen Delighteth to Honour.”
- Chapter XVIII Friendly Intervention
- Chapter XIX A Little Too Far
- Chapter XX In Quest of the Wherewithal
- Chapter XXI Parleyings with Certain People
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV To the Victor the Spoils
This edition of A Crowned Queen by Sydney C. Grier carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66325, divided into 25 chapters and 1874 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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Is this the complete text of A Crowned Queen?
Yes. All 9367 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66325 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Crowned Queen is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #66325, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Crowned Queen take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1874 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Crowned Queen
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- Sydney
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- Grier
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- Author
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- Uncrowned
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