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The Little Savage

The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 769 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frederick Marryat40 chapters

The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6897.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Little Savage

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0 of 755 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6897, divided into 40 chapters and 769 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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The complete text of The Little Savage is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #6897 and divided into 769 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #6897, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3843 sentences across 40 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 Little Savage divided for reading?

The Little Savage is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Little Savage as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 769 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 40 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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Every sentence of The Little Savage 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 Little Savage?

Yes. All 3843 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6897 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Little Savage is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #6897, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Little Savage take to read?

About 320 minutes of reading across 769 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Little Savage

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Little Savage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Write: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Savage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Curious: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Savage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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The Little Savage

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Questions about reading The Little Savage

How to read The Little Savage section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Little Savage