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The Prussian Terror

The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 973 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #36016.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Prussian Terror

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0 of 959 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #36016, divided into 37 chapters and 973 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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Is this the complete text of The Prussian Terror?

Yes. All 4864 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #36016 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Prussian Terror is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #36016, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Prussian Terror take to read?

About 405 minutes of reading across 973 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Prussian Terror

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Gambetta
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Enemy
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Passed
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Beneath
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