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The Quest of Glory

The Quest of Glory by Marjorie Bowen is available here as the complete text, split into 1030 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Quest of Glory by Marjorie Bowen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48767.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

The Quest of Glory

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 1015 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Quest of Glory by Marjorie Bowen carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #48767, divided into 36 chapters and 1030 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 Quest of Glory is presented in 36 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Quest of Glory as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1030 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 36 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Quest of Glory 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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Common questions about reading The Quest of Glory by Marjorie Bowen on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Quest of Glory?

Yes. All 5148 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48767 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Quest of Glory is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #48767, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Quest of Glory take to read?

About 429 minutes of reading across 1030 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Quest of Glory section by section

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Quest of Glory

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Quest of Glory, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

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