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By Order of the Company

By Order of the Company by Mary Johnston is available here as the complete text, split into 1359 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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By order of the company by Mary Johnston. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #45721.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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By Order of the Company

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 54 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of By Order of the Company by Mary Johnston carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45721, divided into 39 chapters and 1359 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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By Order of the Company is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of By Order of the Company 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 By Order of the Company?

Yes. All 6794 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45721 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of By Order of the Company is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #45721, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does By Order of the Company take to read?

About 566 minutes of reading across 1359 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Recommended
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Guardian
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Stirring
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Adventure
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