A Love Crime
A Love Crime by Paul Bourget is available here as the complete text, split into 589 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Love Crime by Paul Bourget. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65407.
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A Love Crime
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This edition of A Love Crime by Paul Bourget carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #65407, divided into 12 chapters and 589 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.
Where can I read A Love Crime in full?
The complete text of A Love Crime is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #65407 and divided into 589 sections.
This page carries the whole of A Love Crime by Paul Bourget, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #65407, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2945 sentences across 12 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 A Love Crime divided for reading?
A Love Crime is presented in 12 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Love Crime as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 589 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 12 chapters.
Can I hear A Love Crime read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of A Love Crime can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of A Love Crime 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 A Love Crime
Common questions about reading A Love Crime by Paul Bourget on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of A Love Crime?
Yes. All 2945 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65407 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Love Crime is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #65407, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Love Crime take to read?
About 245 minutes of reading across 589 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read A Love Crime section by section
How to work through A Love Crime section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 12 chapters of A Love Crime to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in A Love Crime
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Love Crime, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Love Crime; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Cruel
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Love Crime; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Enigma
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Love Crime; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Gibbings
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Love Crime; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.