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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 803 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9150.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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This edition of Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Jules Verne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9150, divided into 38 chapters and 803 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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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Dick Sands, the Boy Captain as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 803 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 38 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #9150, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 334 minutes of reading across 803 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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