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Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy

Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale is available here as the complete text, split into 602 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale28 chapters

Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37376.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 28 chapters

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Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy

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  1. Chapter I 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37376, divided into 28 chapters and 602 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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How is Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy divided for reading?

Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 602 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 28 chapters.

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Questions about reading Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy

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Is this the complete text of Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy?

Yes. All 3008 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37376 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #37376, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy take to read?

About 250 minutes of reading across 602 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy

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Ninth
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Years
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Nineteenth
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Century
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