Lolóma
Lolóma by Henry Britton is available here as the complete text, split into 564 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Lolóma, or two years in cannibal-land: A story of old Fiji by Henry Britton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61740.
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Lolóma
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Old Sydney
- Chapter III At Sea
- Chapter IV An Inhospitable Reception
- Chapter V A Race for Life
- Chapter VI The Island-World
- Chapter VII The Princess Lolóma
- Chapter VIII Fairy Folk
- Chapter IX The Valley of Tivóli
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI Wisdom of Cannibal-Land
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII The Fijian Nights’ Entertainments.—second Night.—capture of the Ebbtide
- Chapter XIV The Fijian Nights’ Entertainments—third Night.—elopement of a Goddess
- Chapter XV A Rival’s Strategy
- Chapter XVI Ordeal by Smoke
- Chapter XVII Old Friends with New Faces
- Chapter XVIII A Canoe Voyage
- Chapter XIX The Temple Is Set in Order
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI The Cannibal Banquet
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII The Big Fish
- Chapter XXIV The Death of Hot-Water
- Chapter XXV A Disembodied Spirit
- Chapter XXVI The Spirit-World
- Chapter XXVII A Treacherous Chief
- Chapter XXVIII Farewell to Cannibal-Land
This edition of Lolóma by Henry Britton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #61740, divided into 28 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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Lolóma is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Lolóma 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 28 chapters.
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Questions about reading Lolóma
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Is this the complete text of Lolóma?
Yes. All 2820 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #61740 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Lolóma is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #61740, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Lolóma take to read?
About 235 minutes of reading across 564 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Lolóma section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Lolóma
Words and structures a reader meets early in Lolóma, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Years
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- Cannibal-land
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- Story
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- Henry
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