Fighting the Whales by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 is presented here as a catalogued digital edition in the Wandering Heroes & Classic Adventures section of irtvi.com.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 26,495 words, corresponding to an estimated 116 minutes of reading, and is divided into 3 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 22.0 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.130. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction, Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction, Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction, Natural history -- Juvenile fiction, Sailors -- Juvenile fiction, Whaling -- Juvenile fiction, Whalers (Persons) -- Juvenile fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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