For the School Colours
For the School Colours by Angela Brazil is available here as the complete text, split into 918 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
For the School Colours by Angela Brazil. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35972.
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For the School Colours
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This edition of For the School Colours by Angela Brazil carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #35972, divided into 22 chapters and 918 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 For the School Colours is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #35972 and divided into 918 sections.
This page carries the whole of For the School Colours by Angela Brazil, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #35972, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4587 sentences across 22 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 For the School Colours divided for reading?
For the School Colours is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting For the School Colours as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 918 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 22 chapters.
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Every sentence of For the School Colours 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 For the School Colours
Common questions about reading For the School Colours by Angela Brazil on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of For the School Colours?
Yes. All 4587 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35972 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of For the School Colours is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #35972, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does For the School Colours take to read?
About 382 minutes of reading across 918 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in For the School Colours
Words and structures a reader meets early in For the School Colours, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Angela
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of For the School Colours; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Brazil
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of For the School Colours; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Proved
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of For the School Colours; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Undoubted
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