Try Again
Try Again by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 618 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Try Again
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This edition of Try Again by Oliver Optic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31065, divided into 22 chapters and 618 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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This page carries the whole of Try Again by Oliver Optic, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31065, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3088 sentences across 22 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
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Try Again is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Try Again as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 618 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 22 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Try Again?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #31065, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 257 minutes of reading across 618 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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