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The White Company

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle is available here as the complete text, split into 1427 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Arthur Conan Doyle38 chapters

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #903.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The White Company

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  1. Chapter I 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II How Alleyne Edricson Came Out into the World 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V How a Strange Company Gathered at the “Pied Merlin.” 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Feather-Bed 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII How the Three Comrades Journeyed Through the Woodlands 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Three Friends 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII How Alleyne Learned More Than He Could Teach 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch upon His Eye 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew's 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII HOW ENGLAND HELD THE LISTS AT BORDEAUX. So used were the 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV How a Champion Came Forth from the East 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII How Roger Club-Foot Was Passed into Paradise 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX How the Brushwood Men Came to the Chateau of Villefranche 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII How the White Company Came to Be Disbanded 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Of the Home-Coming to Hampshire 24 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #903, divided into 38 chapters and 1427 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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Is this the complete text of The White Company?

Yes. All 7135 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #903 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The White Company is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #903, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The White Company take to read?

About 594 minutes of reading across 1427 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The White Company

Words and structures a reader meets early in The White Company, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Great
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The White Company; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Beaulieu
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The White Company; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ringing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The White Company; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Through
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The White Company; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.