Knock Three Times!
Knock Three Times! by Marion St. John Webb is available here as the complete text, split into 640 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Knock Three Times! by Marion St. John Webb. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #45802.
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Knock Three Times!
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This edition of Knock Three Times! by Marion St. John Webb carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #45802, divided into 22 chapters and 640 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 Knock Three Times! is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #45802 and divided into 640 sections.
This page carries the whole of Knock Three Times! by Marion St. John Webb, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #45802, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3197 sentences across 22 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 Knock Three Times! divided for reading?
Knock Three Times! is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Knock Three Times! as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 640 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 22 chapters.
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Every sentence of Knock Three Times! 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 Knock Three Times!
Common questions about reading Knock Three Times! by Marion St. John Webb on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Knock Three Times!?
Yes. All 3197 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45802 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Knock Three Times! is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #45802, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Knock Three Times! take to read?
About 266 minutes of reading across 640 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Knock Three Times! section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Knock Three Times!
Words and structures a reader meets early in Knock Three Times!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Knock
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Knock Three Times!; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Three
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Knock Three Times!; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Times
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Knock Three Times!; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Author
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