One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere by Leroy Yerxa is available here as the complete text, split into 191 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere by Leroy Yerxa. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #32754.
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One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
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This edition of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere by Leroy Yerxa carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #32754, divided into 2 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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The complete text of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #32754 and divided into 191 sections.
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How is One-Way Ticket to Nowhere divided for reading?
One-Way Ticket to Nowhere is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting One-Way Ticket to Nowhere as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 191 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 2 chapters.
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Every sentence of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere 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 One-Way Ticket to Nowhere?
Yes. All 955 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32754 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #32754, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does One-Way Ticket to Nowhere take to read?
About 79 minutes of reading across 191 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read One-Way Ticket to Nowhere section by section
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Vocabulary met early in One-Way Ticket to Nowhere
Words and structures a reader meets early in One-Way Ticket to Nowhere, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sidenote
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Ghost
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Night
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- Whole
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of One-Way Ticket to Nowhere; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.