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An Undivided Union

An Undivided Union by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 1062 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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An Undivided Union by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25440.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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An Undivided Union

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0 of 1047 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 88 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of An Undivided Union by Oliver Optic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25440, divided into 37 chapters and 1062 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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An Undivided Union is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of An Undivided 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 An Undivided Union

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

Is this the complete text of An Undivided Union?

Yes. All 5307 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #25440 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of An Undivided Union is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #25440, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does An Undivided Union take to read?

About 442 minutes of reading across 1062 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in An Undivided Union

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Gray--on
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Author
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Series
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Young
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