Across the Spanish Main
Across the Spanish Main by Harry Collingwood is available here as the complete text, split into 692 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Harry Collingwood. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24454.
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This edition of Across the Spanish Main by Harry Collingwood carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24454, divided into 8 chapters and 692 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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Across the Spanish Main is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Across the Spanish Main as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 692 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 8 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Is this the complete text of Across the Spanish Main?
Yes. All 3456 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24454 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Across the Spanish Main is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #24454, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Across the Spanish Main take to read?
About 288 minutes of reading across 692 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Across the Spanish Main
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- Across
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- Spanish
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- Harry
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- Collingwood
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