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Petticoat Rule

Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy is available here as the complete text, split into 1027 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34660.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

Petticoat Rule

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0 of 1013 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Petticoat Rule is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of Petticoat Rule 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 Petticoat Rule?

Yes. All 5134 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34660 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Petticoat Rule is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #34660, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Petticoat Rule take to read?

About 427 minutes of reading across 1027 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Petticoat Rule

Words and structures a reader meets early in Petticoat Rule, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
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Elusive
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Pimpernel
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Repay
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