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The Executioner's Knife

The Executioner's Knife by Eugène Sue is available here as the complete text, split into 1095 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Eugène Sue37 chapters

The Executioner's Knife by Eugène Sue. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37399.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Executioner's Knife

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0 of 1080 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 95 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 139 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 120 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Executioner's Knife by Eugène Sue carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37399, divided into 37 chapters and 1095 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 Executioner's Knife is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of The Executioner's Knife 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 Executioner's Knife?

Yes. All 5473 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37399 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Executioner's Knife is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #37399, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Executioner's Knife take to read?

About 456 minutes of reading across 1095 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Executioner's Knife

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History
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Proletarian
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Family
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Across
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