A Boy of Old Japan
A Boy of Old Japan by R. (Robert) Van Bergen is available here as the complete text, split into 516 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Boy of Old Japan by R. (Robert) Van Bergen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56297.
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A Boy of Old Japan
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This edition of A Boy of Old Japan by R. (Robert) Van Bergen carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #56297, divided into 6 chapters and 516 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 complete text of A Boy of Old Japan is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #56297 and divided into 516 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Boy of Old Japan by R. (Robert) Van Bergen, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #56297, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2576 sentences across 6 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is A Boy of Old Japan divided for reading?
A Boy of Old Japan is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Boy of Old Japan as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 516 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 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Boy of Old Japan 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.
Questions about reading A Boy of Old Japan
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Is this the complete text of A Boy of Old Japan?
Yes. All 2576 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56297 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Boy of Old Japan is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #56297, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Boy of Old Japan take to read?
About 214 minutes of reading across 516 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Boy of Old Japan section by section
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Vocabulary met early in A Boy of Old Japan
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Boy of Old Japan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Boy of Old Japan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Story
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Boy of Old Japan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Japan
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Boy of Old Japan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- China
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Boy of Old Japan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.