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The Burial of the Guns

The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 500 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #332.

15 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 15 chapters

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The Burial of the Guns

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This edition of The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #332, divided into 15 chapters and 500 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 Burial of the Guns is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #332 and divided into 500 sections.

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How is The Burial of the Guns divided for reading?

The Burial of the Guns is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Burial of the Guns as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 500 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 15 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 Burial of the Guns 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 Burial of the Guns?

Yes. All 2497 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #332 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Burial of the Guns is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #332, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Burial of the Guns take to read?

About 208 minutes of reading across 500 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Burial of the Guns

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Burial of the Guns, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Virginian
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Author--
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Italicized
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Words
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