A Viking of the Sky
A Viking of the Sky by Hugh McAlister is available here as the complete text, split into 579 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Viking of the Sky: A Story of a Boy Who Gained Success in Aeronautics by Hugh McAlister. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #45447.
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A Viking of the Sky
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This edition of A Viking of the Sky by Hugh McAlister carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45447, divided into 25 chapters and 579 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 Viking of the Sky is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #45447 and divided into 579 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Viking of the Sky by Hugh McAlister, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #45447, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2894 sentences across 25 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 Viking of the Sky divided for reading?
A Viking of the Sky is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Viking of the Sky as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 579 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 25 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Viking of the Sky can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Viking of the Sky 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 Viking of the Sky
Common questions about reading A Viking of the Sky by Hugh McAlister on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Viking of the Sky?
Yes. All 2894 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45447 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Viking of the Sky is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #45447, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Viking of the Sky take to read?
About 241 minutes of reading across 579 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Viking of the Sky section by section
How to work through A Viking of the Sky section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in A Viking of the Sky
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Viking of the Sky, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Night
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Viking of the Sky; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Muttered
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Viking of the Sky; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Himself
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Viking of the Sky; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cocked
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Viking of the Sky; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.