Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler is available here as the complete text, split into 1211 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29721.
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This edition of Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29721, divided into 15 chapters and 1211 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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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1211 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 15 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective?
Yes. All 6053 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #29721 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #29721, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 504 minutes of reading across 1211 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
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- Walking
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- Along
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- Avoid
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