The Postmaster
The Postmaster by Joseph Crosby Lincoln is available here as the complete text, split into 1141 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Postmaster by Joseph Crosby Lincoln. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37482.
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The Postmaster
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- Chapter I I Make Two Bets—and Lose One of ’Em
- Chapter II What a "Pullet" Did to a Pedigree
- Chapter III I Get into Politics
- Chapter IV How I Made a Clam Chowder; and What a Clam Chowder Made of Me
- Chapter V A Trap and What the "Rat" Caught in It
- Chapter VI I Run Afoul of Cousin Lemuel
- Chapter VII The Force and the Object
- Chapter VIII Armenians and Injuns; Likewise by-Products
- Chapter IX Roses—by Another Name
- Chapter X The Sign of the Windmill
- Chapter XI Cooks and Crooks
- Chapter XII Jim Henry Starts Screenin’
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV The Epistle to Ichabod
- Chapter XV How Ike’s Loss Turned Out to Be My Gain
- Chapter XVI I Pay My Other Bet
This edition of The Postmaster by Joseph Crosby Lincoln carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37482, divided into 16 chapters and 1141 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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The Postmaster is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Postmaster as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1141 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 16 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Postmaster?
Yes. All 5705 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37482 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Postmaster is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #37482, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Postmaster take to read?
About 475 minutes of reading across 1141 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Postmaster
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Postmaster, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Through
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Postmaster; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sorry
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Postmaster; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Natural
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Postmaster; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Breeze
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