The Best Policy
The Best Policy by Elliott Flower is available here as the complete text, split into 671 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Best Policy by Elliott Flower. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #36393.
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The Best Policy
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This edition of The Best Policy by Elliott Flower carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #36393, divided into 8 chapters and 671 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 The Best Policy is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #36393 and divided into 671 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Best Policy by Elliott Flower, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #36393, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3351 sentences across 8 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 The Best Policy divided for reading?
The Best Policy is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Best Policy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 671 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 8 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Best Policy can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Best Policy 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 The Best Policy
Common questions about reading The Best Policy by Elliott Flower on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Best Policy?
Yes. All 3351 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #36393 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Best Policy is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #36393, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Best Policy take to read?
About 279 minutes of reading across 671 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Best Policy section by section
How to work through The Best Policy section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Choose one of the 8 chapters of The Best Policy to begin.
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Vocabulary met early in The Best Policy
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Best Policy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Best Policy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Spoilsman
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Best Policy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Policeman
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Best Policy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Flynn
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Best Policy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.