At the Sign of the Sword
At the Sign of the Sword by William Le Queux is available here as the complete text, split into 543 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
At the Sign of the Sword: A Story of Love and War in Belgium by William Le Queux. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41090.
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At the Sign of the Sword
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This edition of At the Sign of the Sword by William Le Queux carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #41090, divided into 6 chapters and 543 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 At the Sign of the Sword is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #41090 and divided into 543 sections.
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At the Sign of the Sword is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting At the Sign of the Sword as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 543 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 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of At the Sign of the Sword 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 At the Sign of the Sword?
Yes. All 2712 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #41090 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of At the Sign of the Sword is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #41090, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does At the Sign of the Sword take to read?
About 226 minutes of reading across 543 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in At the Sign of the Sword
Words and structures a reader meets early in At the Sign of the Sword, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sword
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of At the Sign of the Sword; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Story
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- Belgium
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of At the Sign of the Sword; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- William
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