The Sword of Damocles
The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green is available here as the complete text, split into 1297 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life by Anna Katharine Green. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33301.
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The Sword of Damocles
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This edition of The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33301, divided into 6 chapters and 1297 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 Sword of Damocles is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #33301 and divided into 1297 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #33301, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6485 sentences across 6 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 Sword of Damocles divided for reading?
The Sword of Damocles is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Sword of Damocles as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1297 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 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Sword of Damocles 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.
Questions about reading The Sword of Damocles
Common questions about reading The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Sword of Damocles?
Yes. All 6485 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33301 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Sword of Damocles is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #33301, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Sword of Damocles take to read?
About 540 minutes of reading across 1297 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Sword of Damocles section by section
How to work through The Sword of Damocles section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Sword of Damocles
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Sword of Damocles, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Story
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- Author
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- Leavenworth
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- Strange
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