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Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

by James Wycliffe Headlam

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Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to James Wycliffe Headlam. Catalog subjects include Germany -- History; Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B2–C1 · Deep reading

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire is calibrated from 38,180 sampled words across 21 chapters: sentences average 28.1 words, 49% exceed 24 words and 9.2% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Extended sentences averaging 28.1 words, with 23.2% reaching 40 words or more

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9.2% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

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Medium commitment

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Table of contents

21 chapters

  1. 01EDITED BY2 min
  2. 02AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE2 min
  3. 03CONTENTS.2 min
  4. 04ILLUSTRATIONS.2 min
  5. 05BISMARCK.12 min
  6. 06CHAPTER II.24 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III.29 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV.19 min
  9. 09CHAPTER V.3 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VI.42 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VII.36 min
  12. 12CHAPTER IX.16 min
  13. 13CHAPTER X.23 min
  14. 14CHAPTER XI.37 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XII.29 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII.28 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV.30 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XV.33 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XVI.36 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XVII.28 min
  21. 21INDEX4 min
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