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Salute to Adventurers

Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan is available here as the complete text, split into 1081 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10046.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10046, divided into 28 chapters and 1081 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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Salute to Adventurers is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Salute to Adventurers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1081 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 28 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 Salute to Adventurers?

Yes. All 5402 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10046 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #10046, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 450 minutes of reading across 1081 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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