The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts
The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts by Upton Sinclair is available here as the complete text, split into 254 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts
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This edition of The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts by Upton Sinclair carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5806, divided into 3 chapters and 254 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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Is this the complete text of The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts?
Yes. All 1266 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5806 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #5806, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 105 minutes of reading across 254 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Pot Boiler: A Comedy in Four Acts
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- Curtain
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- Scene
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- Attic
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- Following
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