Quarterdeck and Fok'sle: Stories of the Sea
Quarterdeck and Fok'sle: Stories of the Sea by Molly Elliot Seawell is available here as the complete text, split into 439 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Quarterdeck and Fok'sle: Stories of the Sea
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- Chapter I The Capture of the Fort
- Chapter II Young Brydell’s Chums
- Chapter III Brydell’s First Failure
- Chapter IV Brydell’s Second Failure
- Chapter V Striking Out for Himself
- Chapter VI A New Life
- Chapter VII The Summer Cruise
- Chapter VIII A Question of Honor
- Chapter IX Grubb’s Honorable Discharge
- Chapter X In Command of the Squadron
- Chapter XI A Safe Return
- Chapter XII Brydell Redeems His Promise
- Chapter XIII On Board the Diomede
- Chapter XIV A Gallant Rescue
- Chapter XV Dicky’s Patriotism
- Chapter XVI An Important Errand
- Chapter XVII An Adventure with the Redcoats
- Chapter XVIII Jack Bell’s Secret
- Chapter XIX General Prescott’s Capture
- Chapter XX Dicky’s New Song
- Chapter XXI Dicky Enlists
- Chapter XXII An Unexpected Encounter
- Chapter XXIII The Enemy Outwitted
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- Capture
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- Friendship
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- Between
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- Young
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