The Sauciest Boy in the Service
The Sauciest Boy in the Service by Gordon Stables is available here as the complete text, split into 853 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Sauciest Boy in the Service: A Story of Pluck and Perseverance by Gordon Stables. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55663.
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The Sauciest Boy in the Service
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This edition of The Sauciest Boy in the Service by Gordon Stables carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55663, divided into 10 chapters and 853 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 complete text of The Sauciest Boy in the Service is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #55663 and divided into 853 sections.
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The Sauciest Boy in the Service is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Sauciest Boy in the Service as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 853 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 10 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Sauciest Boy in the Service?
Yes. All 4263 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55663 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #55663, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Sauciest Boy in the Service take to read?
About 355 minutes of reading across 853 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Sauciest Boy in the Service
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Sauciest Boy in the Service, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Story
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Sauciest Boy in the Service; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Pluck
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- Perseverance
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- Author
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