Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1660 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #11697.
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Is this the complete text of Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel?
Yes. All 8300 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #11697 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #11697, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 600 minutes of reading across 1660 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Triton
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- Occasionally
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- Appeared
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- Valencia
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