The Australian Explorers
The Australian Explorers by George Grimm is available here as the complete text, split into 498 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Australian Explorers: Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements Being a Narrative of Discovery from the Landing of Captain Cook to the Centennial Year by George Grimm. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41270.
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The Australian Explorers
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This edition of The Australian Explorers by George Grimm carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #41270, divided into 19 chapters and 498 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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The complete text of The Australian Explorers is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #41270 and divided into 498 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Australian Explorers by George Grimm, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #41270, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2490 sentences across 19 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is The Australian Explorers divided for reading?
The Australian Explorers is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Australian Explorers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 498 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 19 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Australian Explorers can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading The Australian Explorers
Common questions about reading The Australian Explorers by George Grimm on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Australian Explorers?
Yes. All 2490 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #41270 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Australian Explorers is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #41270, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Australian Explorers take to read?
About 207 minutes of reading across 498 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Australian Explorers section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Australian Explorers
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Australian Explorers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- George
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- Grimm
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- Dunmore
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- Preface
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