Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman
Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne is available here as the complete text, split into 194 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21743.
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This edition of Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21743, divided into 2 chapters and 194 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #21743, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Benson
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- Young
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- Coastguardsman
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- Ballantyne
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