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A Duel

A Duel by Richard Marsh is available here as the complete text, split into 1259 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Richard Marsh27 chapters

A Duel by Richard Marsh. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38054.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 27 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

A Duel

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  1. Chapter I 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 95 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 93 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Duel by Richard Marsh carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38054, divided into 27 chapters and 1259 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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This page carries the whole of A Duel by Richard Marsh, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #38054, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6291 sentences across 27 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is A Duel divided for reading?

A Duel is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Duel as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1259 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 27 chapters.

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Every sentence of A Duel 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 Duel?

Yes. All 6291 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38054 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Duel is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #38054, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Duel take to read?

About 524 minutes of reading across 1259 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Duel section by section

How to work through A Duel section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in A Duel

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Duel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Isabel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Duel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Waited
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Duel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rat-tat
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Duel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Repeated
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Duel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.