Cynthia's Chauffeur
Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy is available here as the complete text, split into 1012 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31472.
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This edition of Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31472, divided into 16 chapters and 1012 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 Cynthia's Chauffeur is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #31472 and divided into 1012 sections.
This page carries the whole of Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31472, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5059 sentences across 16 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.
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Cynthia's Chauffeur is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Cynthia's Chauffeur as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1012 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 16 chapters.
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Every sentence of Cynthia's Chauffeur 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 Cynthia's Chauffeur?
Yes. All 5059 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31472 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Cynthia's Chauffeur is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #31472, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Cynthia's Chauffeur take to read?
About 421 minutes of reading across 1012 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Cynthia's Chauffeur
Words and structures a reader meets early in Cynthia's Chauffeur, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Scene
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cynthia's Chauffeur; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Opens
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cynthia's Chauffeur; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- London
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- Derby
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