The Guinea Voyage
The Guinea Voyage by James Field, -1824 Stanfield is available here as the complete text, split into 110 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Guinea Voyage: A Poem in Three Books To Which Are Added Observations on a Voyage to the Coast of Africa by James Field, -1824 Stanfield. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #46990.
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The Guinea Voyage
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This edition of The Guinea Voyage by James Field, -1824 Stanfield carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #46990, divided into 8 chapters and 110 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 Guinea Voyage is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #46990 and divided into 110 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Guinea Voyage by James Field, -1824 Stanfield, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #46990, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 548 sentences across 8 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 Guinea Voyage divided for reading?
The Guinea Voyage is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Guinea Voyage as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 110 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 8 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Guinea Voyage 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 Guinea Voyage
Common questions about reading The Guinea Voyage by James Field, -1824 Stanfield on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Guinea Voyage?
Yes. All 548 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #46990 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Guinea Voyage is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #46990, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Guinea Voyage take to read?
About 45 minutes of reading across 110 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Guinea Voyage section by section
How to work through The Guinea Voyage section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Guinea Voyage
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Guinea Voyage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Three
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- Books
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- Added
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- Observations
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