The Boy Pilot of the Lakes
The Boy Pilot of the Lakes by Frank V. Webster is available here as the complete text, split into 648 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Boy Pilot of the Lakes by Frank V. Webster. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33282.
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The Boy Pilot of the Lakes
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This edition of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes by Frank V. Webster carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #33282, divided into 25 chapters and 648 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 Boy Pilot of the Lakes is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #33282 and divided into 648 sections.
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The Boy Pilot of the Lakes is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Boy Pilot of the Lakes as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 648 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 25 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes 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.
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Is this the complete text of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes?
Yes. All 3239 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #33282 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #33282, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Boy Pilot of the Lakes take to read?
About 269 minutes of reading across 648 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Boy Pilot of the Lakes
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Boy Pilot of the Lakes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Saves
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- There's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Rowboat
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Adrift
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Boy Pilot of the Lakes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.