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The prisoner of Zenda

by Anthony Hope

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About this book

The prisoner of Zenda is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Anthony Hope. Catalog subjects include Love stories; Impostors and imposture -- Fiction; Adventure stories. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

First published
Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B1–B2 · Steady progress

The prisoner of Zenda is calibrated from 41,555 sampled words across 22 chapters: sentences average 13.5 words, 14.3% exceed 24 words and 4% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Mostly compact sentences averaging 13.5 words in the sampled text

Vocabulary

What may slow you down

4% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Medium commitment

Regular chapter-sized stopping points support a steady plan. About 10 calm 30-minute sessions.

Suggested approach

Read with momentum

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Begin with chapter one

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Table of contents

22 chapters

  1. 01CHAPTER 1 The Rassendylls—With a Word on the Elphbergs10 min
  2. 02CHAPTER 2 Concerning the Colour of Men’s Hair11 min
  3. 03CHAPTER 3 A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative12 min
  4. 04CHAPTER 4 The King Keeps His Appointment9 min
  5. 05CHAPTER 5 The Adventures of an Understudy11 min
  6. 06CHAPTER 6 The Secret of a Cellar10 min
  7. 07CHAPTER 7 His Majesty Sleeps in Strelsau10 min
  8. 08CHAPTER 8 A Fair Cousin and a Dark Brother12 min
  9. 09CHAPTER 9 A New Use for a Tea-table12 min
  10. 10CHAPTER 10 A Great Chance for a Villain11 min
  11. 11CHAPTER 11 Hunting a Very Big Boar12 min
  12. 12CHAPTER 12 I Receive a Visitor and Bait a Hook11 min
  13. 13CHAPTER 13 An Improvement on Jacob’s Ladder12 min
  14. 14CHAPTER 14 A Night Outside the Castle11 min
  15. 15CHAPTER 15 I Talk with a Tempter10 min
  16. 16CHAPTER 16 A Desperate Plan11 min
  17. 17CHAPTER 17 Young Rupert’s Midnight Diversions11 min
  18. 18CHAPTER 18 The Forcing of the Trap10 min
  19. 19CHAPTER 19 Face to Face in the Forest11 min
  20. 20CHAPTER 20 The Prisoner and the King13 min
  21. 21CHAPTER 21 If love were all!11 min
  22. 22CHAPTER 22 Present, Past—and Future?11 min
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