The Young Yagers
The Young Yagers by Mayne Reid is available here as the complete text, split into 751 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Young Yagers: A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34668.
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The Young Yagers
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This edition of The Young Yagers by Mayne Reid carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34668, divided into 9 chapters and 751 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 Young Yagers is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #34668 and divided into 751 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Young Yagers by Mayne Reid, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #34668, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3754 sentences across 9 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 Yagers divided for reading?
The Young Yagers is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Young Yagers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 751 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 9 chapters.
Can I hear The Young Yagers read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Young Yagers can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Young Yagers 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 Young Yagers
Common questions about reading The Young Yagers by Mayne Reid on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Young Yagers?
Yes. All 3754 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34668 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Young Yagers is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #34668, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Young Yagers take to read?
About 312 minutes of reading across 751 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Young Yagers section by section
How to work through The Young Yagers section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Young Yagers
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Young Yagers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Young
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Yagers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Yagers
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Yagers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Captain
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Yagers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Mayne
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Young Yagers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.