Scott's Lady of the Lake
Scott's Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott is available here as the complete text, split into 401 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Scott's Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #45888.
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Scott's Lady of the Lake
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This edition of Scott's Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45888, divided into 6 chapters and 401 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 Scott's Lady of the Lake is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #45888 and divided into 401 sections.
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Scott's Lady of the Lake is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Scott's Lady of the Lake as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 401 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 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of Scott's Lady of the Lake 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 Scott's Lady of the Lake?
Yes. All 2004 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45888 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Scott's Lady of the Lake is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #45888, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Scott's Lady of the Lake take to read?
About 167 minutes of reading across 401 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Scott's Lady of the Lake
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- Introduction
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- Walter
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- Scott
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- Ninth
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