The Stretton Street Affair
The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux is available here as the complete text, split into 1085 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #27147.
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The Stretton Street Affair
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This edition of The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #27147, divided into 13 chapters and 1085 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 Stretton Street Affair is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #27147 and divided into 1085 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #27147, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5424 sentences across 13 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 Stretton Street Affair divided for reading?
The Stretton Street Affair is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Stretton Street Affair as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1085 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 13 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Stretton Street Affair 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.
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Is this the complete text of The Stretton Street Affair?
Yes. All 5424 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #27147 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Stretton Street Affair is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #27147, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Stretton Street Affair take to read?
About 452 minutes of reading across 1085 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Stretton Street Affair section by section
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Vocabulary met early in The Stretton Street Affair
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Stretton Street Affair, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Whole
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stretton Street Affair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Circumstances
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- Stretton
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- Street
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Stretton Street Affair; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.