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The Frozen Pirate

The Frozen Pirate by William Clark Russell is available here as the complete text, split into 780 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Frozen Pirate by William Clark Russell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #22215.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 30 chapters

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This edition of The Frozen Pirate by William Clark Russell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #22215, divided into 30 chapters and 780 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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This page carries the whole of The Frozen Pirate by William Clark Russell, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #22215, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3897 sentences across 30 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.

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The Frozen Pirate is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Frozen Pirate as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 780 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 30 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 The Frozen Pirate?

Yes. All 3897 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #22215 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Frozen Pirate is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #22215, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Frozen Pirate take to read?

About 324 minutes of reading across 780 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Frozen Pirate

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Iceberg: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Frozen Pirate; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Vocabulary met early in The Frozen Pirate