Life's Handicap
Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling is available here as the complete text, split into 1283 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5777.
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Life's Handicap
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This edition of Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5777, divided into 16 chapters and 1283 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 Life's Handicap is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #5777 and divided into 1283 sections.
This page carries the whole of Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5777, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6414 sentences across 16 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 Life's Handicap divided for reading?
Life's Handicap is presented in 16 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Life's Handicap as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1283 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 16 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Life's Handicap can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Life's Handicap 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 Life's Handicap
Common questions about reading Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Life's Handicap?
Yes. All 6414 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5777 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Life's Handicap is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #5777, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Life's Handicap take to read?
About 534 minutes of reading across 1283 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Life's Handicap section by section
How to work through Life's Handicap section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Life's Handicap
Words and structures a reader meets early in Life's Handicap, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Northern
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life's Handicap; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- India
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life's Handicap; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Stood
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life's Handicap; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Monastery
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Life's Handicap; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.