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The Lost Despatch

The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln is available here as the complete text, split into 828 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24204.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24204, divided into 28 chapters and 828 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 Lost Despatch is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #24204 and divided into 828 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #24204, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4137 sentences across 28 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 Lost Despatch divided for reading?

The Lost Despatch is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Lost Despatch as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 828 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 28 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 Lost Despatch 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.

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Is this the complete text of The Lost Despatch?

Yes. All 4137 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24204 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Lost Despatch is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #24204, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Lost Despatch take to read?

About 344 minutes of reading across 828 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Lost Despatch section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Lost Despatch

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

Rules: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Despatch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Court: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Despatch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Grove: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Despatch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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The Lost Despatch

Where can I read The Lost Despatch in full?

How is The Lost Despatch divided for reading?

Can I hear The Lost Despatch read aloud?

Questions about reading The Lost Despatch

How to read The Lost Despatch section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Lost Despatch