Old Coaching Days
Old Coaching Days by Moses James Nobbs is available here as the complete text, split into 58 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Old Coaching Days Some Incidents in the Life of Moses James Nobbs, the last of the Mail Coach Guards by Moses James Nobbs. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53873.
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Old Coaching Days
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This edition of Old Coaching Days by Moses James Nobbs carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53873, divided into 1 chapters and 58 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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Rather than presenting Old Coaching Days as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 58 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 1 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Old Coaching Days?
Yes. All 289 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53873 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Old Coaching Days is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #53873, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Old Coaching Days take to read?
About 24 minutes of reading across 58 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Old Coaching Days
Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Coaching Days, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Coach
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Old Coaching Days; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Guards
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- Himself
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- Preface
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