The Wrecker
The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson is available here as the complete text, split into 1359 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1024.
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The Wrecker
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- Chapter I A Sound Commercial Education
- Chapter II Roussillon Wine
- Chapter III To Introduce Mr. Pinkerton
- Chapter IV In Which I Experience Extremes of Fortune
- Chapter V In Which I Am Down on My Luck in Paris
- Chapter VI In Which I Go West
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII Faces on the City Front
- Chapter IX The Wreck of the “Flying Scud.”
- Chapter X In Which the Crew Vanish
- Chapter XI In Which Jim and I Take Different Ways
- Chapter XII The “Norah Creina.”
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV The Cabin of the “Flying Scud.”
- Chapter XV The Cargo of the “Flying Scud.”
- Chapter XVI In Which I Turn Smuggler, and the Captain Casuist
- Chapter XVII Light from the Man of War
- Chapter XVIII Cross-Questions and Crooked Answers
- Chapter XIX Travels with a Shyster
- Chapter XX Stallbridge-le-Carthew
- Chapter XXI Face to Face
- Chapter XXII The Remittance Man
- Chapter XXIII The Budget of the “Currency Lass.”
- Chapter XXIV A Hard Bargain
- Chapter XXV A Bad Bargain
This edition of The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1024, divided into 25 chapters and 1359 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 Wrecker is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Wrecker as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1359 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 25 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Wrecker?
Yes. All 6794 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1024 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Wrecker is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #1024, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Wrecker take to read?
About 566 minutes of reading across 1359 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Wrecker section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Wrecker
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Wrecker, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Beginning
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- Father's
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- Character
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- Never
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