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A Gamble with Life

A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking is available here as the complete text, split into 1630 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking36 chapters

A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39417.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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

A Gamble with Life

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 1613 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 212 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39417, divided into 36 chapters and 1630 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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A Gamble with Life is presented in 36 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting A Gamble with Life as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1630 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 36 chapters.

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Every sentence of A Gamble with Life 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 A Gamble with Life?

Yes. All 8150 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #39417 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Gamble with Life is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #39417, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Gamble with Life take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1630 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Gamble with Life

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Pioneers
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Flaming
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Sword
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God's
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