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The Winds of Chance

The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach is available here as the complete text, split into 1868 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5062.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 29 chapters

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0 of 1856 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5062, divided into 29 chapters and 1868 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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The complete text of The Winds of Chance is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #5062 and divided into 1868 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5062, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 9337 sentences across 29 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 Winds of Chance divided for reading?

The Winds of Chance is presented in 29 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Winds of Chance as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1868 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 29 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 Winds of Chance 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 Winds of Chance?

Yes. All 9337 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5062 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Winds of Chance is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #5062, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Winds of Chance take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1868 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Winds of Chance

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Headwaters: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Winds of Chance; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
River: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Winds of Chance; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Spring: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Winds of Chance; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Giant's: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Winds of Chance; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

The Winds of Chance

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Questions about reading The Winds of Chance

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Vocabulary met early in The Winds of Chance