The Abbatial Crosier
The Abbatial Crosier by Eugène Sue is available here as the complete text, split into 499 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Abbatial Crosier by Eugène Sue. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33274.
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The Abbatial Crosier
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This edition of The Abbatial Crosier by Eugène Sue carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33274, divided into 18 chapters and 499 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 The Abbatial Crosier is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #33274 and divided into 499 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Abbatial Crosier by Eugène Sue, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33274, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2492 sentences across 18 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.
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The Abbatial Crosier is presented in 18 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Abbatial Crosier as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 499 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 18 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Abbatial Crosier 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 The Abbatial Crosier?
Yes. All 2492 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33274 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Abbatial Crosier is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #33274, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Abbatial Crosier take to read?
About 207 minutes of reading across 499 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Abbatial Crosier
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Abbatial Crosier, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Narbonne
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Abbatial Crosier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cruel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Abbatial Crosier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Intestine
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Abbatial Crosier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Between
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Abbatial Crosier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.