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The Great Accident

The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams is available here as the complete text, split into 2488 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64002.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Great Accident

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 2475 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 93 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 115 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 155 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 99 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 104 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 105 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 129 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 148 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #64002, divided into 38 chapters and 2488 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 Great Accident is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #64002 and divided into 2488 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #64002, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 12440 sentences across 38 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 Great Accident divided for reading?

The Great Accident is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Great Accident as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2488 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 38 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Great Accident can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Great Accident 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.

Questions about reading The Great Accident

Common questions about reading The Great Accident by Ben Ames Williams on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Great Accident?

Yes. All 12440 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #64002 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Great Accident is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #64002, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Great Accident take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2488 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Great Accident section by section

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  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Great Accident

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Great Accident, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Accident; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bride
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Brothers
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Valiant
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Great Accident; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.