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The Lady of Lynn

The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant is available here as the complete text, split into 1767 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42618.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

The Lady of Lynn

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0 of 1750 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 81 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42618, divided into 40 chapters and 1767 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 Lady of Lynn is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #42618 and divided into 1767 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #42618, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 8832 sentences across 40 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 Lady of Lynn divided for reading?

The Lady of Lynn is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Lady of Lynn as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1767 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 40 chapters.

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

Every sentence of The Lady of Lynn 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 Lady of Lynn

Common questions about reading The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Lady of Lynn?

Yes. All 8832 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42618 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Lady of Lynn is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #42618, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Lady of Lynn take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1767 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Lady of Lynn section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Lady of Lynn

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