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Boyhood in Norway

Boyhood in Norway by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 509 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #784.

16 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 16 chapters

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Boyhood in Norway

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This edition of Boyhood in Norway by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #784, divided into 16 chapters and 509 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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How is Boyhood in Norway divided for reading?

Boyhood in Norway is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Boyhood in Norway as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 509 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 16 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 Boyhood in Norway 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 Boyhood in Norway

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Is this the complete text of Boyhood in Norway?

Yes. All 2545 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #784 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Boyhood in Norway is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #784, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Boyhood in Norway take to read?

About 212 minutes of reading across 509 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Boyhood in Norway section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Boyhood in Norway

Words and structures a reader meets early in Boyhood in Norway, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Stories
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boyhood in Norway; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Boy-life
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boyhood in Norway; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Midnight
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boyhood in Norway; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Deadly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boyhood in Norway; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.