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Chicot the Jester

Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas is available here as the complete text, split into 2165 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7426.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7426, divided into 40 chapters and 2165 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 Chicot the Jester is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #7426 and divided into 2165 sections.

This page carries the whole of Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #7426, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 10823 sentences across 40 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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Chicot the Jester is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Chicot the Jester as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2165 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 40 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 Chicot the Jester 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 Chicot the Jester?

Yes. All 10823 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #7426 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #7426, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Chicot the Jester take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2165 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Chicot the Jester

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Wedding: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chicot the Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Evening: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chicot the Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sunday: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chicot the Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Splendid: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Chicot the Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.

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Vocabulary met early in Chicot the Jester