The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless
The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge is available here as the complete text, split into 358 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3048.
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The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless
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This edition of The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3048, divided into 12 chapters and 358 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 complete text of The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #3048 and divided into 358 sections.
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How is The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless divided for reading?
The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 358 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 12 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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Every sentence of The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless 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 Little Duke: Richard the Fearless
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Is this the complete text of The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless?
Yes. All 1786 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3048 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3048, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless take to read?
About 148 minutes of reading across 358 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Bright
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- Autumn
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- Great
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- Bustle
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