The Fall of British Tyranny
The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock is available here as the complete text, split into 240 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29226.
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The Fall of British Tyranny
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This edition of The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29226, divided into 3 chapters and 240 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 Fall of British Tyranny is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #29226 and divided into 240 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Fall of British Tyranny by John Leacock, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #29226, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1196 sentences across 3 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.
How is The Fall of British Tyranny divided for reading?
The Fall of British Tyranny is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Fall of British Tyranny as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 240 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 3 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 Fall of British Tyranny 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 Fall of British Tyranny?
Yes. All 1196 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #29226 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Fall of British Tyranny is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #29226, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Fall of British Tyranny take to read?
About 99 minutes of reading across 240 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Fall of British Tyranny
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- E-book
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- Contains
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- British
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- Tyranny
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