English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2
English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 by Donald Grant Mitchell is available here as the complete text, split into 447 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 2: From Elizabeth to Anne by Donald Grant Mitchell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54142.
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English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2
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This edition of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 by Donald Grant Mitchell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #54142, divided into 8 chapters and 447 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 English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #54142 and divided into 447 sections.
This page carries the whole of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 by Donald Grant Mitchell, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #54142, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2235 sentences across 8 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 English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 divided for reading?
English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 447 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 8 chapters.
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Every sentence of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 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 English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2
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Is this the complete text of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2?
Yes. All 2235 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54142 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #54142, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 take to read?
About 186 minutes of reading across 447 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 section by section
How to work through English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2
Words and structures a reader meets early in English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Outlook
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- To-day
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Threshold
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of English Lands, Letters and Kings, Vol. 2; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Seventeenth
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