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Cast Upon the Breakers
Cast Upon the Breakers

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers contain?

Chapter 21 holds 156 sentences of Cast Upon the Breakers, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 156 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers?

Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 32 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Yes. All 5269 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #399 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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About 439 minutes of reading across 1054 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Cast Upon the Breakers

Words and structures a reader meets early in Cast Upon the Breakers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Faithless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Guardian
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rodney
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Leave
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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CONTINUED ILL LUCK.
Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.
But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.
At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.
He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.
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Cast Upon the Breakers

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CONTINUED ILL LUCK.
Line 2
Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.
Line 3
But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.
Line 4
At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.
Line 5
He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.
All words in this reading · 43

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

advertisement

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

ahead

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

an

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

and

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

applied

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

At

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

But

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

called

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

Church

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

clerk

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

CONTINUED

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From this reading CONTINUED ILL LUCK.

entry

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

for

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

fortune

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

found

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

good

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

had

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

he

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

him

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

himself

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

house

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

ILL

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From this reading CONTINUED ILL LUCK.

in

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

length

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

LUCK

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From this reading CONTINUED ILL LUCK.

new

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

of

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

one

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

please

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

Rodney

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

saw

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

searching

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

set

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

situation

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From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

Some

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From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

Street

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From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

superintendent

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

the

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From this reading He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.

wherever

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him.

wholesale

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street.

work

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation.