Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
benefactor
/ˈbenɪfæktə(r)/A person who gives money or help to another person or cause
plantation
/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/A large farm or estate on which crops like sugar, tobacco, or cotton are grown
immense
/ɪˈmens/Extremely large, huge, or great in scale
aversion
/əˈvɜːʃn/A strong feeling of dislike or unwillingness to do something
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On the 19th of December, 1686, after living on the island for more than twenty-eight years, I finally sailed away. I took my great goatskin cap, my umbrella, one of my parrots, and the old coins I had found. After a long sea voyage, I arrived in England in June 1687, having been away from my homeland for thirty-five years. I felt like a complete stranger. My parents were dead, and only two sisters and two nephews remained. Nobody had expected me to live, so there was no inheritance waiting for me. My first faithful friend, the widow who had...
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