A Rock in the Baltic
A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr is available here as the complete text, split into 722 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #4982.
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A Rock in the Baltic
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- Chapter I The Incident at the Bank
- Chapter II In the Sewing-Room
- Chapter III On Deck
- Chapter IV “At Last Alone”
- Chapter V After the Opera Is Over
- Chapter VI From Sea to Mountain
- Chapter VII “A Way They Have in the Navy”
- Chapter VIII “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”
- Chapter IX In Russia
- Chapter X Calamity Unseen
- Chapter XI The Snow
- Chapter XII The Dreaded Trogzmondoff
- Chapter XIII Entrapped
- Chapter XIV A Voyage into the Unknown
- Chapter XV “A Home on the Rolling Deep”
- Chapter XVI Cell Number Nine
- Chapter XVII A Fellow Scientist
- Chapter XVIII Cell Number One
- Chapter XIX “Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make”
- Chapter XX Arrival of the Turbine Yacht
- Chapter XXI The Elopement
This edition of A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #4982, divided into 21 chapters and 722 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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Is this the complete text of A Rock in the Baltic?
Yes. All 3609 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #4982 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Rock in the Baltic is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #4982, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Rock in the Baltic take to read?
About 300 minutes of reading across 722 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Rock in the Baltic
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Rock in the Baltic, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Public
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- Sixth
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- National
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- Harbor
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