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The Tangled Skein

The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy is available here as the complete text, split into 1227 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy37 chapters

The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37481.

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

Course Syllabus

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The Tangled Skein

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0 of 1212 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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The Tangled Skein is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Tangled Skein as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1227 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 Tangled Skein 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 Tangled Skein?

Yes. All 6135 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37481 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Tangled Skein is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #37481, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Tangled Skein take to read?

About 511 minutes of reading across 1227 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Tangled Skein

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Amongst
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Wrote
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Chapters
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Romance
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