Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully is available here as the complete text, split into 667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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This edition of Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #23638, divided into 13 chapters and 667 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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Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 667 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 13 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #23638, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- Author
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- Veldt
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- Kopje
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- Kafir
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