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The King's Achievement

The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson is available here as the complete text, split into 1356 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16375.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of The King's Achievement by Robert Hugh Benson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16375, divided into 40 chapters and 1356 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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Rather than presenting The King's Achievement as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1356 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 40 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 King's Achievement?

Yes. All 6778 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #16375 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #16375, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 564 minutes of reading across 1356 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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