The Recipe for Diamonds
The Recipe for Diamonds by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne is available here as the complete text, split into 610 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Recipe for Diamonds by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31083.
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The Recipe for Diamonds
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This edition of The Recipe for Diamonds by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31083, divided into 17 chapters and 610 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 Recipe for Diamonds is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #31083 and divided into 610 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Recipe for Diamonds by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31083, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3047 sentences across 17 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 Recipe for Diamonds divided for reading?
The Recipe for Diamonds is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Recipe for Diamonds as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 610 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 17 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Recipe for Diamonds can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Recipe for Diamonds 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 Recipe for Diamonds
Common questions about reading The Recipe for Diamonds by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Recipe for Diamonds?
Yes. All 3047 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31083 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Recipe for Diamonds is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #31083, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Recipe for Diamonds take to read?
About 253 minutes of reading across 610 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Recipe for Diamonds section by section
How to work through The Recipe for Diamonds section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Choose one of the 17 chapters of The Recipe for Diamonds to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Vocabulary met early in The Recipe for Diamonds
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Recipe for Diamonds, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- First
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Recipe for Diamonds; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Though
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Recipe for Diamonds; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Staggered
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Recipe for Diamonds; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Didn't
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Recipe for Diamonds; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.