The Weapon From Eternity
The Weapon From Eternity by Dwight V. Swain is available here as the complete text, split into 711 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Weapon From Eternity by Dwight V. Swain. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66042.
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The Weapon From Eternity
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This edition of The Weapon From Eternity by Dwight V. Swain carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66042, divided into 10 chapters and 711 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 Weapon From Eternity is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #66042 and divided into 711 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Weapon From Eternity by Dwight V. Swain, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #66042, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3552 sentences across 10 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 Weapon From Eternity divided for reading?
The Weapon From Eternity is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Weapon From Eternity as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 711 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 10 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Weapon From Eternity can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Weapon From Eternity 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 Weapon From Eternity
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Is this the complete text of The Weapon From Eternity?
Yes. All 3552 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66042 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Weapon From Eternity is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #66042, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Weapon From Eternity take to read?
About 296 minutes of reading across 711 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Weapon From Eternity section by section
How to work through The Weapon From Eternity section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Weapon From Eternity
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Weapon From Eternity, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Legends
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Weapon From Eternity; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Spoke
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Weapon From Eternity; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Weapon
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Weapon From Eternity; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Dreadful
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Weapon From Eternity; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.