At Home with the Patagonians
At Home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters is available here as the complete text, split into 668 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
At home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42483.
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This edition of At Home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42483, divided into 9 chapters and 668 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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The complete text of At Home with the Patagonians is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #42483 and divided into 668 sections.
This page carries the whole of At Home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #42483, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3338 sentences across 9 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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At Home with the Patagonians is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting At Home with the Patagonians as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 668 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 9 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of At Home with the Patagonians?
Yes. All 3338 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42483 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of At Home with the Patagonians is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #42483, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does At Home with the Patagonians take to read?
About 278 minutes of reading across 668 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in At Home with the Patagonians
Words and structures a reader meets early in At Home with the Patagonians, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Retired
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- Commander
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- Right
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- Translation
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