Ahead of the Show
Ahead of the Show by Fred Thorpe is available here as the complete text, split into 699 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Ahead of the Show by Fred Thorpe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39454.
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Ahead of the Show
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII
This edition of Ahead of the Show by Fred Thorpe carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39454, divided into 32 chapters and 699 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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Is this the complete text of Ahead of the Show?
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How long does Ahead of the Show take to read?
About 290 minutes of reading across 699 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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