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The Giant Raft

The Giant Raft by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 957 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Giant Raft by Jules Verne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3091.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 38 chapters

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This edition of The Giant Raft by Jules Verne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3091, divided into 38 chapters and 957 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 Giant Raft is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Giant Raft as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 957 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 38 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of The Giant Raft?

Yes. All 4784 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3091 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #3091, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Giant Raft take to read?

About 398 minutes of reading across 957 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Giant Raft

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Document: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Giant Raft; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Strange: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Giant Raft; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Assemblage: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Giant Raft; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Letters: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Giant Raft; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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Questions about reading The Giant Raft

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Vocabulary met early in The Giant Raft