When You Were a Boy
When You Were a Boy by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin is available here as the complete text, split into 617 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
When You Were a Boy by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58165.
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When You Were a Boy
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This edition of When You Were a Boy by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58165, divided into 7 chapters and 617 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 When You Were a Boy is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #58165 and divided into 617 sections.
This page carries the whole of When You Were a Boy by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #58165, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3082 sentences across 7 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 When You Were a Boy divided for reading?
When You Were a Boy is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting When You Were a Boy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 617 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of When You Were a Boy 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 When You Were a Boy
Common questions about reading When You Were a Boy by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of When You Were a Boy?
Yes. All 3082 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58165 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of When You Were a Boy is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #58165, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does When You Were a Boy take to read?
About 256 minutes of reading across 617 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in When You Were a Boy
Words and structures a reader meets early in When You Were a Boy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Plimpton
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- Press
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- Norwood
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- Permission
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