The Phantom Yacht
The Phantom Yacht by Carol Norton is available here as the complete text, split into 732 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Phantom Yacht by Carol Norton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44401.
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The Phantom Yacht
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Banishing Ghosts
- Chapter III A Lost Mother
- Chapter IV Seaward Bound
- Chapter V A New Experience
- Chapter VI A Light in the Dark
- Chapter VII The Phantom Yacht
- Chapter VIII What Happened
- Chapter IX A Mysterious Message
- Chapter X Sounds in the Loft
- Chapter XI A Querulous Old Aunt
- Chapter XII A Bleached Skeleton
- Chapter XIII Belling the Ghost
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV A Gloomy Swamp
- Chapter XVI Out in the Dark
- Chapter XVII More Mysteries
- Chapter XVIII An Airplane Sighted
- Chapter XIX Two Boys Investigate
- Chapter XX One Mystery Solved
- Chapter XXI A Channel in the Swamp
- Chapter XXII The Old Ruin at Midnight
- Chapter XXIII Letters of Importance
- Chapter XXIV A Surprising Revelation
- Chapter XXV Puzzled Again
- Chapter XXVI A Clue to the Old Ruin Mystery
- Chapter XXVII Ransacking the Old Ruin
- Chapter XXVIII The Best Surprise of All
This edition of The Phantom Yacht by Carol Norton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44401, divided into 28 chapters and 732 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 Phantom Yacht is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Phantom Yacht as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 732 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 28 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Phantom Yacht?
Yes. All 3656 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44401 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Phantom Yacht is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44401, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Phantom Yacht take to read?
About 304 minutes of reading across 732 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Phantom Yacht
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Phantom Yacht, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Cried
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Phantom Yacht; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wantin
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Phantom Yacht; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Phantom
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- Yacht
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Phantom Yacht; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.