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The Lamp of Fate

The Lamp of Fate by Margaret, -1948 Pedler is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1417 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Margaret, -1948 Pedler35 chapters

The Lamp of Fate by Margaret, -1948 Pedler. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3824.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 35 chapters

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This edition of The Lamp of Fate by Margaret, -1948 Pedler carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3824, divided into 35 chapters and 1417 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 Lamp of Fate is presented in 35 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Lamp of Fate as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1417 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 35 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 Lamp of Fate?

Yes. All 7084 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3824 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #3824, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Lamp of Fate take to read?

About 590 minutes of reading across 1417 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Birth: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lamp of Fate; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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The Lamp of Fate

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