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Under Sentence of Death

Under Sentence of Death by Victor Hugo is available here as the complete text, split into 803 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Under Sentence of Death by Victor Hugo. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50010.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Under Sentence of Death

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0 of 789 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 90 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Under Sentence of Death by Victor Hugo carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50010, divided into 40 chapters and 803 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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This page carries the whole of Under Sentence of Death by Victor Hugo, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #50010, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4014 sentences across 40 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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Under Sentence of Death is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of Under Sentence of Death 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 Under Sentence of Death?

Yes. All 4014 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50010 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Under Sentence of Death is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #50010, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Under Sentence of Death take to read?

About 334 minutes of reading across 803 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Under Sentence of Death

Words and structures a reader meets early in Under Sentence of Death, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Under
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Under Sentence of Death; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sentence
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Death
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Under Sentence of Death; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Criminal
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Under Sentence of Death; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.