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Robur the Conqueror

Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 596 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3808.

23 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 23 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Robur the Conqueror

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  1. Chapter I 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Visitor Is Announced 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Another Disappearance 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The President and Secretary Suspend Hostilities 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII On Board the Albatross 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Balloonists Refuse to Be Convinced 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Across the Prairie 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Westward—but Whither? 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Wide Pacific 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Over the Caspian 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Aeronef at Full Speed 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Skirmish in Dahomey 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Shipwrecked Crew 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Over the Volcano 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Anchored at Last 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Wreck of the Albatross 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Institute Again 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Go-Ahead Is Launched 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3808, divided into 23 chapters and 596 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 Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #3808, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2978 sentences across 23 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 Robur the Conqueror divided for reading?

Robur the Conqueror is presented in 23 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Robur the Conqueror as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 596 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 23 chapters.

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Every sentence of Robur the Conqueror 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 Robur the Conqueror

Common questions about reading Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Robur the Conqueror?

Yes. All 2978 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3808 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Robur the Conqueror is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #3808, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Robur the Conqueror take to read?

About 248 minutes of reading across 596 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Robur the Conqueror section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Robur the Conqueror

Words and structures a reader meets early in Robur the Conqueror, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Pistol
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Shots
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Almost
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Simultaneous
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