You Never Know Your Luck
You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker is available here as the complete text, split into 187 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker. Complete source 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 6 chapters and 187 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 You Never Know Your Luck is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #6285 and divided into 187 sections.
This page carries the whole of You Never Know Your Luck by Gilbert Parker, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #6285, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 933 sentences across 6 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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You Never Know Your Luck is presented in 6 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 187 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 6 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of You Never Know Your Luck?
Yes. All 933 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, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does You Never Know Your Luck take to read?
About 77 minutes of reading across 187 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.
- Volume
- 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.
- Contains
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- Novels
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- Dealing
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