A Middy of the King
A Middy of the King by Harry Collingwood is available here as the complete text, split into 545 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Middy of the King: A Romance of the Old British Navy by Harry Collingwood. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24615.
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A Middy of the King
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This edition of A Middy of the King by Harry Collingwood carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24615, divided into 6 chapters and 545 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of A Middy of the King is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #24615 and divided into 545 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Middy of the King by Harry Collingwood, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #24615, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2725 sentences across 6 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 Middy of the King divided for reading?
A Middy of the King is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Middy of the King as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 545 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 6 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Middy of the King can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Middy of the King 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.
Questions about reading A Middy of the King
Common questions about reading A Middy of the King by Harry Collingwood on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Middy of the King?
Yes. All 2725 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24615 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Middy of the King is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #24615, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Middy of the King take to read?
About 227 minutes of reading across 545 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Middy of the King section by section
How to work through A Middy of the King section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in A Middy of the King
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Middy of the King, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Middy
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Middy of the King; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Harry
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- Collingwood
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- Young
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