A Noble Queen — Volume 2
A Noble Queen — Volume 2 by Meadows Taylor is available here as the complete text, split into 553 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 2 of 3) by Meadows Taylor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44583.
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A Noble Queen — Volume 2
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- Chapter I Friends in Council
- Chapter II The Night Council
- Chapter III A Day in the Palace
- Chapter IV A Rapid March
- Chapter V A Successful Surprise
- Chapter VI Zuffoora-Bee Cooks the Governor's Breakfast
- Chapter VII A New Home
- Chapter VIII Among Friends
- Chapter IX A Daring Attack
- Chapter X The First Alms
- Chapter XI Casting Out Devils
- Chapter XII The Syud Takes Two Degrees in His Turreequt
- Chapter XIII By the Way
- Chapter XIV Saintly Honours
- Chapter XV Danger
- Chapter XVI Deliverance
This edition of A Noble Queen — Volume 2 by Meadows Taylor carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44583, divided into 16 chapters and 553 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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The complete text of A Noble Queen — Volume 2 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #44583 and divided into 553 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Noble Queen — Volume 2 by Meadows Taylor, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #44583, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2764 sentences across 16 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 Noble Queen — Volume 2 divided for reading?
A Noble Queen — Volume 2 is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Noble Queen — Volume 2 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 553 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 16 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Noble Queen — Volume 2 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 Noble Queen — Volume 2
Common questions about reading A Noble Queen — Volume 2 by Meadows Taylor on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Noble Queen — Volume 2?
Yes. All 2764 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44583 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Noble Queen — Volume 2 is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44583, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Noble Queen — Volume 2 take to read?
About 230 minutes of reading across 553 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Noble Queen — Volume 2 section by section
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Vocabulary met early in A Noble Queen — Volume 2
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Noble Queen — Volume 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Cries
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- Mirdhas
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Noble Queen — Volume 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Silver-stick
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- Bearers
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