The Red Cross Barge
The Red Cross Barge by Marie Belloc Lowndes is available here as the complete text, split into 354 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Red Cross Barge by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37294.
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The Red Cross Barge
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This edition of The Red Cross Barge by Marie Belloc Lowndes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37294, divided into 5 chapters and 354 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 Red Cross Barge is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #37294 and divided into 354 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Red Cross Barge by Marie Belloc Lowndes, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #37294, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1766 sentences across 5 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 Red Cross Barge divided for reading?
The Red Cross Barge is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Red Cross Barge as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 354 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 5 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Red Cross Barge 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 Red Cross Barge
Common questions about reading The Red Cross Barge by Marie Belloc Lowndes on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Red Cross Barge?
Yes. All 1766 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37294 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Red Cross Barge is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #37294, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Red Cross Barge take to read?
About 147 minutes of reading across 354 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Red Cross Barge section by section
How to work through The Red Cross Barge section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Red Cross Barge
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Red Cross Barge, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- London
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Cross Barge; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Smith
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- Elder
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- Waterloo
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