Chapter 14 of Penrod is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Chapter 14 of Penrod by Booth Tarkington holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
Chapter 14 holds 200 sentences of Penrod, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Penrod by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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.
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About 344 minutes of reading across 827 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Penrod section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Penrod, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of Penrod is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously. “What you doin'?” Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain. Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Chapter 14 of Penrod is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading “What you doin'?”
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Lo, Sam!”
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From this reading said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading said Maurice cautiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Lo, Sam!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What you doin'?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What you doin'?”
