Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete text, split into 737 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Rough and Ready by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55142.
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Rough and Ready
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- Chapter I Introduces Rough and Ready
- Chapter II Little Rose
- Chapter III A Sudden Move
- Chapter IV A Fortunate Meeting
- Chapter V A New Home
- Chapter VI Martin's Awakening
- Chapter VII The Newsboy and His Stepfather
- Chapter VIII Rose in Her New Home
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X What the Newsboy Found
- Chapter XI The Advertisement in the Herald
- Chapter XII A Visit to Greenwood Cemetery
- Chapter XIII Rose and Her Enemy
- Chapter XIV Rose Kidnapped
- Chapter XV Introduces a Distinguished Personage
- Chapter XVI How Rose Fared
- Chapter XVII Searching for Rose
- Chapter XVIII A Parley with the Enemy
- Chapter XIX Rose Again in Trouble
- Chapter XX How Ben Succeeded
- Chapter XXI In an Oyster Saloon
- Chapter XXII A Rescue
- Chapter XXIII New Friends
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV Rose Is Restored to Her Brother
- Chapter XXVI Conclusion
This edition of Rough and Ready by Horatio, Jr. Alger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55142, divided into 26 chapters and 737 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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Is this the complete text of Rough and Ready?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #55142, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Rough and Ready take to read?
About 306 minutes of reading across 737 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Sidewalk
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- Front
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- Times
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- Office
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