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The Young Explorer

The Young Explorer by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 672 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Young Explorer by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5623.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 31 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Young Explorer

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0 of 659 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of The Young Explorer by Horatio, Jr. Alger carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5623, divided into 31 chapters and 672 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 Young Explorer is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #5623 and divided into 672 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Young Explorer by Horatio, Jr. Alger, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5623, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3359 sentences across 31 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 Young Explorer divided for reading?

The Young Explorer is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Young Explorer as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 672 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 31 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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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Young Explorer can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Young Explorer 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 Young Explorer?

Yes. All 3359 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5623 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Young Explorer is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #5623, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Young Explorer take to read?

About 279 minutes of reading across 672 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Young Explorer section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Young Explorer

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Young Explorer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Deacon: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Explorer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Pitkin's: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Explorer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Offer: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Explorer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ben's: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Explorer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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Questions about reading The Young Explorer

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Vocabulary met early in The Young Explorer