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A Victorious Union

A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 624 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18678.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 31 chapters

Course Syllabus

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A Victorious Union

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  1. Chapter I 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 63 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #18678, divided into 31 chapters and 624 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 A Victorious Union is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #18678 and divided into 624 sections.

This page carries the whole of A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #18678, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3119 sentences across 31 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 A Victorious Union divided for reading?

A Victorious Union is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Victorious Union as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 624 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 31 chapters.

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Every sentence of A Victorious Union 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 A Victorious Union

Common questions about reading A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A Victorious Union?

Yes. All 3119 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18678 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Victorious Union is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #18678, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Victorious Union take to read?

About 259 minutes of reading across 624 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Victorious Union section by section

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Vocabulary met early in A Victorious Union

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Colors
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Cloth
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