The Trail to Yesterday
The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer is available here as the complete text, split into 761 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #27051.
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The Trail to Yesterday
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This edition of The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #27051, divided into 19 chapters and 761 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 Trail to Yesterday is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #27051 and divided into 761 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #27051, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3805 sentences across 19 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 Trail to Yesterday divided for reading?
The Trail to Yesterday is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Trail to Yesterday as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 761 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 19 chapters.
Can I hear The Trail to Yesterday read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Trail to Yesterday can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Trail to Yesterday 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 Trail to Yesterday
Common questions about reading The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Trail to Yesterday?
Yes. All 3805 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #27051 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Trail to Yesterday is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #27051, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Trail to Yesterday take to read?
About 317 minutes of reading across 761 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Trail to Yesterday section by section
How to work through The Trail to Yesterday section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 19 chapters of The Trail to Yesterday to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Trail to Yesterday
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Trail to Yesterday, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Disquieting
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail to Yesterday; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Thoughts
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail to Yesterday; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Oppressed
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail to Yesterday; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sheila
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail to Yesterday; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.