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Five Hundred Dollars

Five Hundred Dollars by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete text, split into 919 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Five Hundred Dollars by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #21270.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 39 chapters

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This edition of Five Hundred Dollars by Horatio, Jr. Alger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #21270, divided into 39 chapters and 919 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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Five Hundred Dollars is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Five Hundred Dollars as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 919 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 39 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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Is this the complete text of Five Hundred Dollars?

Yes. All 4594 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #21270 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #21270, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Five Hundred Dollars take to read?

About 382 minutes of reading across 919 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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