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Rufus and Rose

Rufus and Rose by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete text, split into 752 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Rufus and Rose by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #25967.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle

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This edition of Rufus and Rose by Horatio, Jr. Alger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #25967, divided into 26 chapters and 752 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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About 313 minutes of reading across 752 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Fortunes: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Rufus and Rose; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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