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The Story of Kennett

The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor is available here as the complete text, split into 1261 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8680.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 33 chapters

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The Story of Kennett

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This edition of The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #8680, divided into 33 chapters and 1261 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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This page carries the whole of The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8680, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6303 sentences across 33 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 Story of Kennett is presented in 33 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Story of Kennett as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1261 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 33 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 Story of Kennett 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 Story of Kennett?

Yes. All 6303 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #8680 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Story of Kennett is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #8680, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Story of Kennett take to read?

About 525 minutes of reading across 1261 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Story of Kennett

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

Shall: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of Kennett; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Brush: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of Kennett; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Barton: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of Kennett; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fortune: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of Kennett; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

The Story of Kennett

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Questions about reading The Story of Kennett

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Vocabulary met early in The Story of Kennett