Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay is available here as the complete text, split into 564 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Captain John Smith by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55475.
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Captain John Smith
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This edition of Captain John Smith by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55475, divided into 7 chapters and 564 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 Captain John Smith is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #55475 and divided into 564 sections.
This page carries the whole of Captain John Smith by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #55475, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2820 sentences across 7 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.
How is Captain John Smith divided for reading?
Captain John Smith is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Captain John Smith as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 564 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of Captain John Smith 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 Captain John Smith?
Yes. All 2820 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55475 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Captain John Smith is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #55475, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Captain John Smith take to read?
About 235 minutes of reading across 564 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Captain John Smith
Words and structures a reader meets early in Captain John Smith, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- These
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- Books
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- Present
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- Vivid
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