Chapter 5 of The End of the Tether is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The End of the Tether is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“In sight yet?” “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.” “Watch well, Serang.” “Ya, Tuan.” A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Chapter 5 of The End of the Tether is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
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From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In sight yet?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Watch well, Serang.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In sight yet?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The sun makes a very great glare, Tuan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Watch well, Serang.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Watch well, Serang.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A white man had ascended the ladder from the deck noiselessly, and had listened quietly to this short colloquy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ya, Tuan.”
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From this reading “In sight yet?”
Chapter 5 of The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 5 holds 180 sentences of The End of the Tether, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 180 sentences, grouped into 36 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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