The Loot of Cities
The Loot of Cities by Arnold Bennett is available here as the complete text, split into 755 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Loot of Cities Being the Adventures of a Millionaire in Search of Joy (a Fantasia) by Arnold Bennett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63580.
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The Loot of Cities
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This edition of The Loot of Cities by Arnold Bennett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63580, divided into 6 chapters and 755 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 Loot of Cities is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #63580 and divided into 755 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Loot of Cities by Arnold Bennett, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #63580, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3774 sentences across 6 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 Loot of Cities divided for reading?
The Loot of Cities is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Loot of Cities as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 755 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 6 chapters.
Can I hear The Loot of Cities read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Loot of Cities can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Loot of Cities 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 Loot of Cities
Common questions about reading The Loot of Cities by Arnold Bennett on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Loot of Cities?
Yes. All 3774 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63580 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Loot of Cities is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #63580, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Loot of Cities take to read?
About 314 minutes of reading across 755 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Loot of Cities section by section
How to work through The Loot of Cities section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 6 chapters of The Loot of Cities to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
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Vocabulary met early in The Loot of Cities
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Loot of Cities, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Pensa
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Loot of Cities; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Lettor
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Loot of Cities; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Inizia
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Loot of Cities; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Procedesse
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Loot of Cities; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.