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West Wind Drift

West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1410 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

George Barr McCutcheon28 chapters

West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6014.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6014, divided into 28 chapters and 1410 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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West Wind Drift is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting West Wind Drift as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1410 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 28 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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Is this the complete text of West Wind Drift?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #6014, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 587 minutes of reading across 1410 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in West Wind Drift

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Captain: A word that appears in the opening chapter of West Wind Drift; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Liner: A word that appears in the opening chapter of West Wind Drift; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sailed: A word that appears in the opening chapter of West Wind Drift; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Two-score: A word that appears in the opening chapter of West Wind Drift; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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