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The Winning Clue

The Winning Clue by James Hay is available here as the complete text, split into 1093 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Winning Clue by James Hay. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20152.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 28 chapters

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This edition of The Winning Clue by James Hay carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20152, divided into 28 chapters and 1093 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 Winning Clue by James Hay, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #20152, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5461 sentences across 28 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 Winning Clue is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Winning Clue as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1093 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 28 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 Winning Clue 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 Winning Clue?

Yes. All 5461 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20152 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Winning Clue is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #20152, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Winning Clue take to read?

About 455 minutes of reading across 1093 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Questions about reading The Winning Clue

How to read The Winning Clue section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Winning Clue