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The World for Sale, Complete

The World for Sale, Complete by Gilbert Parker is available here as the complete text, split into 1191 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The World for Sale, Complete by Gilbert Parker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6284.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 27 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The World for Sale, Complete

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  1. Chapter I 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Whisper from Beyond 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Coming of Jethro Fawe 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V "By the River Starzke... It Was so Done" 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Unguarded Fires 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII In Which the Prisoner Goes Free 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Sultan 141 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Matter and Mind and Two Men 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X For Luck 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Sentence of the Patrin 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII "Let There Be Light" 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Chain of the Past 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Such Things May Not Be 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Woman from Wind River 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Mayor Fills an Office 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Monseigneur and the Nomad 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Beacons 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Keeper of the Bridge 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Snare of the Fowler 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Return of Belisarius 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV At Long Last 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Man Proposes 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Sleeper 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The World for Sale 8 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The World for Sale, Complete by Gilbert Parker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6284, divided into 27 chapters and 1191 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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Rather than presenting The World for Sale, Complete as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1191 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 27 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of The World for Sale, Complete?

Yes. All 5953 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6284 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The World for Sale, Complete is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #6284, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The World for Sale, Complete take to read?

About 496 minutes of reading across 1191 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The World for Sale, Complete

Words and structures a reader meets early in The World for Sale, Complete, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Great
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Scott
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She's
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Goin'
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