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The Gold Hunters' Adventures

The Gold Hunters' Adventures by William Henry Thomes is available here as the complete text, split into 2444 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Gold Hunters' Adventures by William Henry Thomes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16050.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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The Gold Hunters' Adventures

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This edition of The Gold Hunters' Adventures by William Henry Thomes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16050, divided into 40 chapters and 2444 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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The complete text of The Gold Hunters' Adventures is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #16050 and divided into 2444 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Gold Hunters' Adventures by William Henry Thomes, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #16050, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 12216 sentences across 40 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 The Gold Hunters' Adventures divided for reading?

The Gold Hunters' Adventures is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Gold Hunters' Adventures as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2444 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 40 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 The Gold Hunters' Adventures 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.

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Is this the complete text of The Gold Hunters' Adventures?

Yes. All 12216 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #16050 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Gold Hunters' Adventures is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #16050, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Gold Hunters' Adventures take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2444 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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First: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Gold Hunters' Adventures; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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The Gold Hunters' Adventures

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Questions about reading The Gold Hunters' Adventures

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Vocabulary met early in The Gold Hunters' Adventures