You Never Know Your Luck
You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 171 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6285.
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You Never Know Your Luck
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This edition of You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #6285, divided into 5 chapters and 171 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 You Never Know Your Luck is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #6285 and divided into 171 sections.
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How is You Never Know Your Luck divided for reading?
You Never Know Your Luck is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting You Never Know Your Luck as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 171 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 5 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 You Never Know Your Luck 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 You Never Know Your Luck
Common questions about reading You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of You Never Know Your Luck?
Yes. All 855 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6285 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of You Never Know Your Luck is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #6285, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does You Never Know Your Luck take to read?
About 71 minutes of reading across 171 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in You Never Know Your Luck
Words and structures a reader meets early in You Never Know Your Luck, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Stood
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of You Never Know Your Luck; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Borders
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- Askatoon
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of You Never Know Your Luck; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Prairie
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of You Never Know Your Luck; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.