Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark
Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris is available here as the complete text, split into 384 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told after Dark by Joel Chandler Harris. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60804.
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Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark
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This edition of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60804, divided into 5 chapters and 384 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 Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #60804 and divided into 384 sections.
This page carries the whole of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #60804, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1919 sentences across 5 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 Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark divided for reading?
Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 384 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 5 chapters.
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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark 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 Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark
Common questions about reading Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark by Joel Chandler Harris on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark?
Yes. All 1919 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60804 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #60804, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told After Dark take to read?
About 159 minutes of reading across 384 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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