Kenneth McAlpine
Kenneth McAlpine by Gordon Stables is available here as the complete text, split into 697 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Kenneth McAlpine: A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #38199.
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Kenneth McAlpine
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This edition of Kenneth McAlpine by Gordon Stables carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #38199, divided into 8 chapters and 697 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 Kenneth McAlpine is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #38199 and divided into 697 sections.
This page carries the whole of Kenneth McAlpine by Gordon Stables, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #38199, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3482 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 Kenneth McAlpine divided for reading?
Kenneth McAlpine is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Kenneth McAlpine as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 697 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 Kenneth McAlpine 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 Kenneth McAlpine?
Yes. All 3482 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38199 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Kenneth McAlpine is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #38199, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Kenneth McAlpine take to read?
About 290 minutes of reading across 697 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Kenneth McAlpine
Words and structures a reader meets early in Kenneth McAlpine, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Kenneth
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- Mcalpine
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- Gordon
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- Stables
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