Sailor and Beachcomber
Sailor and Beachcomber by A. (Arnold) Safroni-Middleton is available here as the complete text, split into 489 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Sailor and beachcomber Confessions of a life at sea, in Australia, and amid the islands of the Pacific by A. (Arnold) Safroni-Middleton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58624.
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Sailor and Beachcomber
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This edition of Sailor and Beachcomber by A. (Arnold) Safroni-Middleton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58624, divided into 6 chapters and 489 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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Sailor and Beachcomber is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Sailor and Beachcomber as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 489 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 6 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Sailor and Beachcomber?
Yes. All 2442 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58624 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Sailor and Beachcomber is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #58624, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Sailor and Beachcomber take to read?
About 203 minutes of reading across 489 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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