GRAND ADVENTURE B1 B2

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is available here as the complete text, split into 1260 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Jules Verne46 chapters

Professor Aronnax and Captain Nemo embark on an extraordinary journey through the deep ocean depths aboard the electric submarine Nautilus.

46 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 46 chapters

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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This edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #164, divided into 46 chapters and 1260 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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The complete text of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #164 and divided into 1260 sections.

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How is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea divided for reading?

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is presented in 46 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1260 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 46 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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Every sentence of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 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.

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Is this the complete text of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?

Yes. All 6296 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #164 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #164, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea take to read?

About 524 minutes of reading across 1260 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Shifting: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Remarkable: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Incident: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Questions about reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Vocabulary met early in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea