Letters from High Latitudes
Letters from High Latitudes by Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 483 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Letters from High Latitudes Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 of the Schooner Yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen by Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3701.
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This edition of Letters from High Latitudes by Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3701, divided into 13 chapters and 483 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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Letters from High Latitudes is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Letters from High Latitudes as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 483 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 13 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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Is this the complete text of Letters from High Latitudes?
Yes. All 2412 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3701 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Letters from High Latitudes is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #3701, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Letters from High Latitudes take to read?
About 201 minutes of reading across 483 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Glasgow
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- Monday
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