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Doubloons—and the Girl

Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes is available here as the complete text, split into 1114 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31528.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 35 chapters

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This edition of Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31528, divided into 35 chapters and 1114 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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