A Town Is Drowning
A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl is available here as the complete text, split into 779 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66768.
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A Town Is Drowning
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This edition of A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66768, divided into 9 chapters and 779 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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The complete text of A Town Is Drowning is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #66768 and divided into 779 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #66768, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3893 sentences across 9 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is A Town Is Drowning divided for reading?
A Town Is Drowning is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Town Is Drowning as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 779 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 sections are gathered into 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Town Is Drowning 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.
Questions about reading A Town Is Drowning
Common questions about reading A Town Is Drowning by Frederik Pohl on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Town Is Drowning?
Yes. All 3893 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66768 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Town Is Drowning is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #66768, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Town Is Drowning take to read?
About 324 minutes of reading across 779 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Town Is Drowning
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Town Is Drowning, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Frederik
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Town Is Drowning; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Kornbluth
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Town Is Drowning; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Library
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Town Is Drowning; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Congress
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Town Is Drowning; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.