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Pocket Island

Pocket Island by Charles Clark Munn is available here as the complete text, split into 408 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Charles Clark Munn27 chapters

Pocket Island: A Story of Country Life in New England by Charles Clark Munn. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20057.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 27 chapters

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Pocket Island

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This edition of Pocket Island by Charles Clark Munn carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20057, divided into 27 chapters and 408 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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Rather than presenting Pocket Island as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 408 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 27 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 Pocket Island?

Yes. All 2040 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20057 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #20057, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Pocket Island take to read?

About 170 minutes of reading across 408 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Pocket Island

Words and structures a reader meets early in Pocket Island, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Pocket: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pocket Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Island: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pocket Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Polish: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pocket Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Peddler: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Pocket Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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