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The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain

by Bayard Taylor

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The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Bayard Taylor. Catalog subjects include Middle East -- Description and travel; Spain -- Description and travel. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

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B2–C1 · Deep reading

The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain is calibrated from 39,462 sampled words across 43 chapters: sentences average 25.1 words, 45.5% exceed 24 words and 6.8% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Extended sentences averaging 25.1 words, with 12.2% reaching 40 words or more

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6.8% 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

43 chapters

  1. 01Bayard Taylor.2 min
  2. 02To Washington Irving,2 min
  3. 03Preface.2 min
  4. 04Sunday, April 18.4 min
  5. 05Monday, April 19.6 min
  6. 06Beyrout (out of Quarantine), Wednesday, May 21.2 min
  7. 07Chapter II.22 min
  8. 08Chapter III.15 min
  9. 09Chapter IV.16 min
  10. 10Chapter V.22 min
  11. 11Chapter VI.20 min
  12. 12Chapter VII.16 min
  13. 13Chapter VIII.6 min
  14. 14Chapter IX.17 min
  15. 15Chapter X.22 min
  16. 16Chapter XI.15 min
  17. 17Chapter XII.23 min
  18. 18Chapter XIII.10 min
  19. 19Chapter XIV.14 min
  20. 20Chapter XV.26 min
  21. 21Chapter XVI.15 min
  22. 22Chapter XVII.14 min
  23. 23Chapter XVIII.19 min
  24. 24Chapter XIX.8 min
  25. 25Chapter XX12 min
  26. 26Chapter XXI.11 min
  27. 27Chapter XXII21 min
  28. 28Chapter XXIII.13 min
  29. 29Chapter XXIV.15 min
  30. 30Chapter XXV.16 min
  31. 31Chapter XXVI.11 min
  32. 32Chapter XXVII.15 min
  33. 33Chapter XXVIII.15 min
  34. 34Chapter XXIX.2 min
  35. 35La Valetta, Malta, Saturday, August 14, 1852.8 min
  36. 36Chapter XXX.16 min
  37. 37Chapter XXXI.10 min
  38. 38Chapter XXXII.10 min
  39. 39Chapter XXXIII.15 min
  40. 40Chapter XXXIV.14 min
  41. 41Chapter XXXV.17 min
  42. 42Chapter XXXVI.16 min
  43. 43Chapter XXXVII.17 min
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