The Haunted Ship
The Haunted Ship by Kate Marion Tucker is available here as the complete text, split into 547 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Haunted Ship by Kate Marion Tucker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50794.
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The Haunted Ship
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This edition of The Haunted Ship by Kate Marion Tucker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50794, divided into 13 chapters and 547 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 Haunted Ship is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #50794 and divided into 547 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Haunted Ship by Kate Marion Tucker, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #50794, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2734 sentences across 13 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 Haunted Ship divided for reading?
The Haunted Ship is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Haunted Ship as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 547 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 13 chapters.
Can I hear The Haunted Ship read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Haunted Ship can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Haunted Ship 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 Haunted Ship
Common questions about reading The Haunted Ship by Kate Marion Tucker on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Haunted Ship?
Yes. All 2734 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50794 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Haunted Ship is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #50794, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Haunted Ship take to read?
About 227 minutes of reading across 547 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Haunted Ship section by section
How to work through The Haunted Ship section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 13 chapters of The Haunted Ship to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Haunted Ship
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Haunted Ship, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Jerry
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Ship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Along
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Ship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Horse
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Ship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Bailey
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Ship; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.