The Red Lottery Ticket
The Red Lottery Ticket by Fortuné Du Boisgobey is available here as the complete text, split into 617 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Red Lottery Ticket by Fortuné Du Boisgobey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #40491.
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The Red Lottery Ticket
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This edition of The Red Lottery Ticket by Fortuné Du Boisgobey carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #40491, divided into 7 chapters and 617 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 Red Lottery Ticket is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #40491 and divided into 617 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Red Lottery Ticket by Fortuné Du Boisgobey, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #40491, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3085 sentences across 7 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 Red Lottery Ticket divided for reading?
The Red Lottery Ticket is presented in 7 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Red Lottery Ticket as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 617 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 7 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Red Lottery Ticket 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 Red Lottery Ticket
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Is this the complete text of The Red Lottery Ticket?
Yes. All 3085 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #40491 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Red Lottery Ticket is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #40491, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Red Lottery Ticket take to read?
About 257 minutes of reading across 617 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Red Lottery Ticket section by section
How to work through The Red Lottery Ticket section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Red Lottery Ticket
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Red Lottery Ticket, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Vizetelly's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Lottery Ticket; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Sixpenny
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Lottery Ticket; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Series
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Lottery Ticket; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Amusing
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Lottery Ticket; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.