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Little Snap the Postboy

Little Snap the Postboy by George Waldo Browne is available here as the complete text, split into 636 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

George Waldo Browne37 chapters

Little Snap the Postboy by George Waldo Browne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54930.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
Open Chapter I

Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Little Snap the Postboy

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  1. Chapter I 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Missing Mail 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III "I Will Be Back." 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV What Little Snap Saw 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Close Quarters 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Little Snap's Troubles Increase 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII "The Truth in a Nutshell." 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Terrific Trap 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Little Snap's Remarkable Ride 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Ride Through Blazed Acre 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Postboy's Arrest 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Curious Court 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Long and a Vain Watch 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Lonely Night Ride 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Little Snap's Disappointment 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A Perilous Undertaking 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Bushbinders' Plans 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Startling Discovery 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI "What Jack Rimmon Says, Goes." 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII An Underground Race 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Registered Letters Again 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Driven to the Wall 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI A Life for a Life 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Little Snap's Surprise 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Strange Horseman 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX A River Let Loose 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX A Race with a Runaway River 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI A Startling Relic of the Flood 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Gathering Storm 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Little Snap Finds a Clew 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Truth at Last 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Old Solitaire's Secret 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Conclusion 66 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Little Snap the Postboy by George Waldo Browne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #54930, divided into 37 chapters and 636 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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Little Snap the Postboy is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Little Snap the Postboy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 636 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 37 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Little Snap the Postboy can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Little Snap the Postboy 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 Little Snap the Postboy?

Yes. All 3177 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54930 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Little Snap the Postboy is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #54930, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Little Snap the Postboy take to read?

About 264 minutes of reading across 636 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Little Snap the Postboy

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Author
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Jungle
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Switch
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Lever
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