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The Laughing Cavalier

The Laughing Cavalier by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy is available here as the complete text, split into 1176 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy40 chapters

The Laughing Cavalier: The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33208.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Laughing Cavalier

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0 of 1160 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 7 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Laughing Cavalier by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33208, divided into 40 chapters and 1176 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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This page carries the whole of The Laughing Cavalier by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33208, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5878 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 Laughing Cavalier divided for reading?

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

Rather than presenting The Laughing Cavalier as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1176 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.

Can I hear The Laughing Cavalier read aloud?

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

Every sentence of The Laughing Cavalier 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 Laughing Cavalier

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Is this the complete text of The Laughing Cavalier?

Yes. All 5878 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33208 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Laughing Cavalier is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #33208, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Laughing Cavalier take to read?

About 489 minutes of reading across 1176 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Laughing Cavalier section by section

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in The Laughing Cavalier

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

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Laughing Cavalier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Scarlet
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Laughing Cavalier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Pimpernel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Laughing Cavalier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dorado
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Laughing Cavalier; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.