The Isle of Vanishing Men
The Isle of Vanishing Men by W. F. (William Fisher) Alder is available here as the complete text, split into 303 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Isle of Vanishing Men: A Narrative of Adventure in Cannibal-land by W. F. (William Fisher) Alder. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #57881.
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The Isle of Vanishing Men
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This edition of The Isle of Vanishing Men by W. F. (William Fisher) Alder carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #57881, divided into 15 chapters and 303 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.
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The complete text of The Isle of Vanishing Men is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #57881 and divided into 303 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Isle of Vanishing Men by W. F. (William Fisher) Alder, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #57881, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1511 sentences across 15 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 Isle of Vanishing Men divided for reading?
The Isle of Vanishing Men is presented in 15 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Isle of Vanishing Men as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 303 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 15 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Isle of Vanishing Men 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 Isle of Vanishing Men
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Is this the complete text of The Isle of Vanishing Men?
Yes. All 1511 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #57881 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Isle of Vanishing Men is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #57881, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Isle of Vanishing Men take to read?
About 125 minutes of reading across 303 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Isle of Vanishing Men section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Isle of Vanishing Men
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Isle of Vanishing Men, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Leave
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Isle of Vanishing Men; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Ambon
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- Bells
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- Tinkles
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