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Redburn. His First Voyage

Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville is available here as the complete text, split into 738 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Redburn. His First Voyage Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman in the Merchant Navy by Herman Melville. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8118.

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