Ralph in the Switch Tower
Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman is available here as the complete text, split into 802 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39051.
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Ralph in the Switch Tower
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- Chapter I Down and Out
- Chapter II Up the Ladder
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV A Mystery
- Chapter V The Stowaway
- Chapter VI Mrs. Fairbanks’ Visitor
- Chapter VII "Young Slavin"
- Chapter VIII A Bad Lot
- Chapter IX Calcutta Tom
- Chapter X A Mile a Minute
- Chapter XI Spoiling for a Fight
- Chapter XII The Superintendent’s Opinion
- Chapter XIII Squaring Things
- Chapter XIV A Busy Evening
- Chapter XV A Hero Despite Himself
- Chapter XVI Kidnapped
- Chapter XVII A Midnight Visitor
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX The Crazy Orders
- Chapter XXI Ike Slumps "Nutcracker"
- Chapter XXII A Headstrong Friend
- Chapter XXIII Ike Slump & Co
- Chapter XXIV Fire!
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI A Clew!
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII What the "Extra" Told
- Chapter XXIX Guessing
- Chapter XXX Precious Freight
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII Conclusion
This edition of Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39051, divided into 32 chapters and 802 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 Ralph in the Switch Tower as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 802 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 32 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Ralph in the Switch Tower?
Yes. All 4008 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #39051 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #39051, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 334 minutes of reading across 802 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Knight
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- Towerman
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- Great
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- Northern
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