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Heralds of Empire

Heralds of Empire by Agnes C. Laut is available here as the complete text, split into 955 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Agnes C. Laut29 chapters

Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. Laut. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18182.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of Heralds of Empire by Agnes C. Laut carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18182, divided into 29 chapters and 955 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Rather than presenting Heralds of Empire as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 955 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 29 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #18182, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 397 minutes of reading across 955 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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King-killers: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Heralds of Empire; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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