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Acton's Feud: A Public School Story

Acton's Feud: A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson is available here as the complete text, split into 751 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frederick Swainson29 chapters

Acton's Feud: A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14772.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 29 chapters

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Acton's Feud: A Public School Story

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 95 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Acton's Feud: A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14772, divided into 29 chapters and 751 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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How is Acton's Feud: A Public School Story divided for reading?

Acton's Feud: A Public School Story is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Acton's Feud: A Public School Story as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 751 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 29 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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Every sentence of Acton's Feud: A Public School Story 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 Acton's Feud: A Public School Story?

Yes. All 3754 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14772 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Acton's Feud: A Public School Story is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #14772, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Acton's Feud: A Public School Story take to read?

About 312 minutes of reading across 751 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Evening
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