The Safety First Club
The Safety First Club by William Theophilus Nichols is available here as the complete text, split into 1064 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Safety First Club by William Theophilus Nichols. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #69935.
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The Safety First Club
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II “Hedgehog Day”
- Chapter III Sam Takes Chances
- Chapter IV The Luck of a Long Shot
- Chapter V The Club Gets a New Name
- Chapter VI Sam Faces the Music
- Chapter VII Dealing with the Ogre
- Chapter VIII The Reckoning
- Chapter IX Beginning the Test
- Chapter X Poke and Step Put Their Heads Together
- Chapter XI Queer Troubles
- Chapter XII The Club Gets a Clue
- Chapter XIII Punishment Postponed
- Chapter XIV Not on the Program
- Chapter XV Sent to Coventry
- Chapter XVI The Club Endorses Itself
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII More Surprises
- Chapter XIX Lon Discusses Crooked Thinking
- Chapter XX Of Duels and Conscience
- Chapter XXI Sam Makes a Speech
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII Tom Orkney Changes His Intention
- Chapter XXIV Lon Gates Entertains
- Chapter XXV Peter Groche Scores Again
- Chapter XXVI The Blizzard
- Chapter XXVII Old Friends Meet
- Chapter XXVIII Peter’s Grudge
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX Squaring the Account
- Chapter XXXI In Full Settlement
This edition of The Safety First Club by William Theophilus Nichols carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #69935, divided into 31 chapters and 1064 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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Rather than presenting The Safety First Club as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1064 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 31 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Safety First Club?
Yes. All 5317 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #69935 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Safety First Club is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #69935, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Safety First Club take to read?
About 443 minutes of reading across 1064 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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