The lucky little stiff
The lucky little stiff by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene is available here as the complete text, split into 61 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The lucky little stiff by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #73484.
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The lucky little stiff
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This edition of The lucky little stiff by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #73484, divided into 1 chapters and 61 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 lucky little stiff is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #73484 and divided into 61 sections.
This page carries the whole of The lucky little stiff by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #73484, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 301 sentences across 1 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 lucky little stiff divided for reading?
The lucky little stiff is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The lucky little stiff as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 61 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 1 chapters.
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Every sentence of The lucky little stiff 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 lucky little stiff
Common questions about reading The lucky little stiff by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The lucky little stiff?
Yes. All 301 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #73484 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The lucky little stiff is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #73484, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The lucky little stiff take to read?
About 25 minutes of reading across 61 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The lucky little stiff section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The lucky little stiff
Words and structures a reader meets early in The lucky little stiff, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Pilot
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The lucky little stiff; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Field
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The lucky little stiff; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Broken
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The lucky little stiff; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Wings
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The lucky little stiff; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.