Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent
Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh is available here as the complete text, split into 191 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Midnight Jack, or The road-agent by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #52788.
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Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent
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This edition of Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent by T. C. (Thomas Chalmers) Harbaugh carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #52788, divided into 3 chapters and 191 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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Yes. All 955 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52788 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #52788, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 79 minutes of reading across 191 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent
Words and structures a reader meets early in Midnight Jack, or The Road-Agent, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Linchpin
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- Wheel
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- Broke
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- Little
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