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Black Jack

Black Jack by Max Brand is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1227 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Black Jack by Max Brand. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #9925.

37 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Academic course · 37 chapters

Course Syllabus

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0 of 1209 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

This edition of Black Jack by Max Brand carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #9925, divided into 37 chapters and 1227 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 Black Jack by Max Brand, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #9925, a public-domain edition, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 6131 sentences across 37 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 Black Jack divided for reading?

Black Jack is presented in 37 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Black Jack as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1227 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 37 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 Black Jack 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 Black Jack?

Yes. All 6131 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #9925 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #9925, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Black Jack take to read?

About 510 minutes of reading across 1227 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Black Jack

Words and structures a reader meets early in Black Jack, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Twenty-four: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Jack; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Years: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Jack; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Vance: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Jack; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cornish: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Jack; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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