Overview
About this book
A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, by Alfred Russel Wallace is available here as a complete, source-verified English public-domain edition. Its catalog subjects include Natural history -- Amazon River Valley; Amazon River Valley; Brazil -- Description and travel. Linden organizes its 30 reading sections for browser reading and estimates the language at B2–C1.
- First published
- Unknown year
- Language
- English
- Copyright status
- Public domain
- Source edition
- Project Gutenberg ebook #71436
English level
B2–C1 · Deep reading
A narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, is calibrated from 39,621 sampled words across 30 chapters: sentences average 28.6 words, 54.7% exceed 24 words and 6.3% of words are nine letters or longer.
Explore the B2–C1 level →Sentence rhythm
What the prose asks
Extended sentences averaging 28.6 words, with 21.2% reaching 40 words or more
Vocabulary
What may slow you down
6.3% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter
Reading rhythm
Long-form project
Many short stopping points support flexible sessions. About 29 calm 30-minute sessions.
Suggested approach
Read with momentum
Read in planned sessions and keep short notes on claims, evidence and changes in voice
Best starting point
Begin with chapter one
The full text is ready with speech, lookup and saved progress.
CEFR-aligned Linden estimate · high confidence · sampled full text · Calibrated 2026-09-08 · Provisional, not an exam certification.
Table of contents
30 chapters
- 01Opening material2 min
- 02CHAPTER I.2 min
- 03CHAPTER IV.2 min
- 04CHAPTER VII.2 min
- 05CHAPTER X.2 min
- 06CHAPTER XIII.2 min
- 07CHAPTER I. · Section 221 min
- 08CHAPTER II.41 min
- 09CHAPTER III.41 min
- 10CHAPTER IV. · Section 238 min
- 11CHAPTER V.29 min
- 12CHAPTER VI.38 min
- 13CHAPTER VII. · Section 241 min
- 14CHAPTER VIII.49 min
- 15CHAPTER IX.55 min
- 16CHAPTER X. · Section 257 min
- 17CHAPTER XI.33 min
- 18CHAPTER XII.37 min
- 19CHAPTER XIII46 min
- 20CHAPTER XIV.37 min
- 21CHAPTER XV.17 min
- 22CHAPTER XVI.36 min
- 23CHAPTER XVII.6 min
- 2418. Arapásso (Woodpeckers).28 min
- 254. Deeper baskets, called “Aturás.” (Plate V. _d._)2 min
- 2618. Wicker and wooden quivers, with poisoned arrows for them.2 min
- 2733. About twenty distinct articles, forming the feather head-dress.2 min
- 2846. Large cloths of prepared bark.2 min
- 2959. Paddles used with ditto.7 min
- 301. Múras, from the mouth to sixteen days’ voyage up.44 min





