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Cringle and cross-tree

Cringle and cross-tree by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 691 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Cringle and cross-tree by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #71482.

26 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 26 chapters

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Cringle and cross-tree

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  1. Chapter I 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Cringle and cross-tree by Oliver Optic carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #71482, divided into 26 chapters and 691 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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How is Cringle and cross-tree divided for reading?

Cringle and cross-tree is presented in 26 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Cringle and cross-tree as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 691 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 26 chapters.

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Every sentence of Cringle and cross-tree can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of Cringle and cross-tree?

Yes. All 3451 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #71482 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Cringle and cross-tree is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #71482, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Cringle and cross-tree take to read?

About 287 minutes of reading across 691 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Cringle and cross-tree section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Cringle and cross-tree

Words and structures a reader meets early in Cringle and cross-tree, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Upward
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cringle and cross-tree; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Onward
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Series
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Swashes
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