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A Maker of History

A Maker of History by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim is available here as the complete text, split into 1452 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim39 chapters

A Maker of History by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19341.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

A Maker of History

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0 of 1433 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 144 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Every sentence of A Maker of History 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 A Maker of History?

Yes. All 7256 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19341 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Maker of History is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #19341, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Maker of History take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1452 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Maker of History

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Author
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Kingdom
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Blind
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Hillman
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