Crypt-City of the Deathless One
Crypt-City of the Deathless One by Henry Kuttner is available here as the complete text, split into 520 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Crypt-City of the Deathless One by Henry Kuttner. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62713.
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Crypt-City of the Deathless One
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This edition of Crypt-City of the Deathless One by Henry Kuttner carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #62713, divided into 6 chapters and 520 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 Crypt-City of the Deathless One is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #62713 and divided into 520 sections.
This page carries the whole of Crypt-City of the Deathless One by Henry Kuttner, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #62713, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2596 sentences across 6 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 Crypt-City of the Deathless One divided for reading?
Crypt-City of the Deathless One is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Crypt-City of the Deathless One as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 520 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 Crypt-City of the Deathless One 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 Crypt-City of the Deathless One?
Yes. All 2596 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #62713 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Crypt-City of the Deathless One is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #62713, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Crypt-City of the Deathless One take to read?
About 216 minutes of reading across 520 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Crypt-City of the Deathless One section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Crypt-City of the Deathless One
Words and structures a reader meets early in Crypt-City of the Deathless One, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Grimly-stirring
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Crypt-City of the Deathless One; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Novel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Crypt-City of the Deathless One; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Weird
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Crypt-City of the Deathless One; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Adventure
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Crypt-City of the Deathless One; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.