A Year with a Whaler
A Year with a Whaler by Walter Noble Burns is available here as the complete text, split into 530 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Year with a Whaler by Walter Noble Burns. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63211.
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A Year with a Whaler
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This edition of A Year with a Whaler by Walter Noble Burns carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63211, divided into 23 chapters and 530 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 A Year with a Whaler by Walter Noble Burns, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #63211, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2649 sentences across 23 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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A Year with a Whaler is presented in 23 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Year with a Whaler as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 530 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 23 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Year with a Whaler 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 A Year with a Whaler?
Yes. All 2649 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63211 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Year with a Whaler is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #63211, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Year with a Whaler take to read?
About 220 minutes of reading across 530 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Year with a Whaler
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Year with a Whaler, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Alexander
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Year with a Whaler; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sailed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Year with a Whaler; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Francisco
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Year with a Whaler; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Whaling
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Year with a Whaler; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.