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The Duke's Prize

The Duke's Prize by Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) Ballou is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 654 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Duke's Prize by Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) Ballou. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4956.

22 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 22 chapters

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The Duke's Prize

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 187 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 17 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Duke's Prize by Maturin M. (Maturin Murray) Ballou carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4956, divided into 22 chapters and 654 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 Duke's Prize is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Duke's Prize as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 654 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 22 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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Is this the complete text of The Duke's Prize?

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Which edition of The Duke's Prize is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #4956, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Duke's Prize take to read?

About 272 minutes of reading across 654 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Duke's Prize

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Florence
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Serious
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Hearing
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Shall
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