Danforth Plays the Game
Danforth Plays the Game by Ralph Henry Barbour is available here as the complete text, split into 870 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Danforth Plays the Game: Stories for Boys Little and Big by Ralph Henry Barbour. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64150.
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Danforth Plays the Game
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This edition of Danforth Plays the Game by Ralph Henry Barbour carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #64150, divided into 10 chapters and 870 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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Danforth Plays the Game is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Danforth Plays the Game as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 870 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 10 chapters.
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Every sentence of Danforth Plays the Game 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 Danforth Plays the Game?
Yes. All 4347 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #64150 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Danforth Plays the Game is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #64150, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Danforth Plays the Game take to read?
About 362 minutes of reading across 870 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Danforth Plays the Game
Words and structures a reader meets early in Danforth Plays the Game, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Purple
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Danforth Plays the Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pennant
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Danforth Plays the Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Secret
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- Lucky
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Danforth Plays the Game; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.