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The Ordeal by Fire

The Ordeal by Fire by Marcel Berger is available here as the complete text, split into 2362 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Marcel Berger37 chapters

The Ordeal by Fire By a Sergeant in the French Army by Marcel Berger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60166.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Ordeal by Fire

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0 of 2346 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 106 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 116 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 91 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 96 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 117 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Ordeal by Fire by Marcel Berger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60166, divided into 37 chapters and 2362 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 Ordeal by Fire is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #60166 and divided into 2362 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Ordeal by Fire by Marcel Berger, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #60166, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 11806 sentences across 37 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.

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The Ordeal by Fire is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Ordeal by Fire as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2362 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 37 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Ordeal by Fire 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 Ordeal by Fire?

Yes. All 11806 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60166 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Ordeal by Fire is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #60166, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Ordeal by Fire take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2362 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Ordeal by Fire

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Ordeal by Fire, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Jeannine
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ordeal by Fire; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Landry
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Myself
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Again
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