The Brigade Commander
The Brigade Commander by John William De Forest is available here as the complete text, split into 131 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Brigade Commander by John William De Forest. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #23182.
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The Brigade Commander
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This edition of The Brigade Commander by John William De Forest carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23182, divided into 1 chapters and 131 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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The complete text of The Brigade Commander is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #23182 and divided into 131 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Brigade Commander by John William De Forest, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #23182, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 653 sentences across 1 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 Brigade Commander is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Brigade Commander as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 131 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 1 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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Every sentence of The Brigade Commander 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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Common questions about reading The Brigade Commander by John William De Forest on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Brigade Commander?
Yes. All 653 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #23182 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Brigade Commander is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #23182, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Brigade Commander take to read?
About 54 minutes of reading across 131 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Brigade Commander
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Brigade Commander, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Permission
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Brigade Commander; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Times
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Brigade Commander; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Colonel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Brigade Commander; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bragging
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Brigade Commander; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.