The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton is available here as the complete text, split into 1250 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41767.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal
Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.
0 of 1244 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #41767, divided into 20 chapters and 1250 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.
Where can I read The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal in full?
The complete text of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #41767 and divided into 1250 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #41767, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6250 sentences across 20 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 Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal divided for reading?
The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is presented in 20 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1250 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 20 chapters.
Can I hear The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal 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 The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal
Common questions about reading The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal?
Yes. All 6250 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #41767 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #41767, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal take to read?
About 520 minutes of reading across 1250 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal section by section
How to work through The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
-
Open a chapter
Choose one of the 20 chapters of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal to begin.
-
Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
-
Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Illustrated
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- William
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Rainey
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Blackie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.