Love and Lucy
Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett is available here as the complete text, split into 1080 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #29868.
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Love and Lucy
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This edition of Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #29868, divided into 24 chapters and 1080 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 Love and Lucy in full?
The complete text of Love and Lucy is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #29868 and divided into 1080 sections.
This page carries the whole of Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #29868, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5397 sentences across 24 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 Love and Lucy divided for reading?
Love and Lucy is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Love and Lucy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1080 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 24 chapters.
Can I hear Love and Lucy read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Love and Lucy can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Love and Lucy 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 Love and Lucy
Common questions about reading Love and Lucy by Maurice Hewlett on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Love and Lucy?
Yes. All 5397 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #29868 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Love and Lucy is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #29868, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Love and Lucy take to read?
About 449 minutes of reading across 1080 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Love and Lucy section by section
How to work through Love and Lucy section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 24 chapters of Love and Lucy 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 Love and Lucy
Words and structures a reader meets early in Love and Lucy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Company
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love and Lucy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Romantic
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love and Lucy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Shall
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love and Lucy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Forced
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Love and Lucy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.