By Blow and Kiss
By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable is available here as the complete text, split into 1090 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
By Blow and Kiss: The Love Story of a Man with a Bad Name. (Published serially under the title Unstable as Water). by Boyd Cable. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #48756.
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By Blow and Kiss
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This edition of By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #48756, divided into 25 chapters and 1090 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 By Blow and Kiss is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #48756 and divided into 1090 sections.
This page carries the whole of By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #48756, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5450 sentences across 25 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 By Blow and Kiss divided for reading?
By Blow and Kiss is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting By Blow and Kiss as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1090 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 25 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of By Blow and Kiss can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of By Blow and Kiss 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 By Blow and Kiss
Common questions about reading By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of By Blow and Kiss?
Yes. All 5450 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #48756 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of By Blow and Kiss is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #48756, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does By Blow and Kiss take to read?
About 454 minutes of reading across 1090 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read By Blow and Kiss section by section
How to work through By Blow and Kiss section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in By Blow and Kiss
Words and structures a reader meets early in By Blow and Kiss, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Fiercely
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of By Blow and Kiss; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Inside
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of By Blow and Kiss; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Although
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- Click
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of By Blow and Kiss; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.