The Deep Sea's Toll
The Deep Sea's Toll by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly is available here as the complete text, split into 918 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Deep Sea's Toll by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55654.
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The Deep Sea's Toll
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This edition of The Deep Sea's Toll by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55654, divided into 11 chapters and 918 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 Deep Sea's Toll is presented in 11 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Deep Sea's Toll as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 918 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 11 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Deep Sea's Toll 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 Deep Sea's Toll?
Yes. All 4587 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55654 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Deep Sea's Toll is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #55654, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Deep Sea's Toll take to read?
About 382 minutes of reading across 918 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Deep Sea's Toll
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Deep Sea's Toll, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Deep Sea's Toll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Gloucester
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Deep Sea's Toll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Seiners
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Deep Sea's Toll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Tommie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Deep Sea's Toll; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.