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The Fortune of the Landrays

The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester is available here as the complete text, split into 2183 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Vaughan Kester27 chapters

The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52560.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 27 chapters

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The Fortune of the Landrays

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0 of 2173 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 84 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 81 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Fortune of the Landrays by Vaughan Kester carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52560, divided into 27 chapters and 2183 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 complete text of The Fortune of the Landrays is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #52560 and divided into 2183 sections.

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The Fortune of the Landrays is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Fortune of the Landrays as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2183 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 sections are gathered into 27 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Fortune of the Landrays 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 Fortune of the Landrays?

Yes. All 10914 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52560 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Fortune of the Landrays is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #52560, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Fortune of the Landrays take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2183 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Fortune of the Landrays

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

Mcclure
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Phillips
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Company
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Surfeited
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