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The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars

The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars by Philip Gosse is available here as the complete text, split into 947 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19564.

11 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 11 chapters

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Yes. All 4734 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19564 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #19564, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 394 minutes of reading across 947 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Giving
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Particulars
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lives
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Deaths
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.