My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1
My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 by William Clark Russell is available here as the complete text, split into 499 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 1 (of 3) by William Clark Russell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62343.
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My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1
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This edition of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 by William Clark Russell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #62343, divided into 14 chapters and 499 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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The complete text of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #62343 and divided into 499 sections.
This page carries the whole of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 by William Clark Russell, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #62343, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2492 sentences across 14 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 divided for reading?
My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 is presented in 14 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 499 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 14 chapters.
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Every sentence of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1?
Yes. All 2492 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #62343 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #62343, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 take to read?
About 207 minutes of reading across 499 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1 section by section
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Vocabulary met early in My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1
Words and structures a reader meets early in My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Channel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of My Shipmate Louise — Volume 1; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Gravesend
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- Clock
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- Morning
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