John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch
John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch by A. F. (Ashbel Fairchild) Hill is available here as the complete text, split into 928 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch Or The Remarkable Peregrinations of a One-legged Soldier after the War by A. F. (Ashbel Fairchild) Hill. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49961.
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John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch
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This edition of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch by A. F. (Ashbel Fairchild) Hill carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #49961, divided into 21 chapters and 928 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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John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 928 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 21 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch?
Yes. All 4637 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #49961 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #49961, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 386 minutes of reading across 928 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch
Words and structures a reader meets early in John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Remarkable
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Peregrinations
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Legged
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Soldier
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.