Facing the World
Facing the World by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 420 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Facing the World by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6461.
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Facing the World
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
This edition of Facing the World by Horatio, Jr. Alger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6461, divided into 15 chapters and 420 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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Is this the complete text of Facing the World?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #6461, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Facing the World take to read?
About 174 minutes of reading across 420 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Facing the World
Words and structures a reader meets early in Facing the World, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Pointed
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- Harry
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- Guardian
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- Loosely
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