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A Texas Ranger

A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1142 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4993.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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This edition of A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4993, divided into 29 chapters and 1142 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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A Texas Ranger is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Texas Ranger as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1142 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 29 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Every sentence of A Texas Ranger 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.

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Is this the complete text of A Texas Ranger?

Yes. All 5709 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4993 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #4993, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Texas Ranger take to read?

About 475 minutes of reading across 1142 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Texas Ranger

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Declined: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Texas Ranger; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Almost: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Texas Ranger; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Saddle: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Texas Ranger; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cuesta: A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Texas Ranger; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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