The Street Called Straight
The Street Called Straight by Basil King is available here as the complete text, split into 1397 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Street Called Straight by Basil King. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14394.
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The Street Called Straight
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
This edition of The Street Called Straight by Basil King carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #14394, divided into 17 chapters and 1397 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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This page carries the whole of The Street Called Straight by Basil King, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #14394, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6982 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.
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The Street Called Straight is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Street Called Straight as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1397 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 17 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Every sentence of The Street Called Straight 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 Street Called Straight
Common questions about reading The Street Called Straight by Basil King on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Street Called Straight?
Yes. All 6982 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14394 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Street Called Straight is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #14394, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Street Called Straight take to read?
About 581 minutes of reading across 1397 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Street Called Straight section by section
How to work through The Street Called Straight section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Street Called Straight
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Street Called Straight, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Street Called Straight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Inner
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Street Called Straight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Shrine
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Street Called Straight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Olive
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Street Called Straight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.