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Rimrock Jones

Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge is available here as the complete text, split into 900 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20076.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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This edition of Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20076, divided into 29 chapters and 900 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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This page carries the whole of Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #20076, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4497 sentences across 29 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

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Rimrock Jones is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Rimrock Jones as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 900 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 29 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Is this the complete text of Rimrock Jones?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #20076, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 374 minutes of reading across 900 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Peace: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Rimrock Jones; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Midday: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Rimrock Jones; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gunsight: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Rimrock Jones; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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