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From Jest to Earnest

From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe is available here as the complete text, split into 1324 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6102.

36 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 36 chapters

Course Syllabus

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From Jest to Earnest

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0 of 1311 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 6618 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6102 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #6102, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 551 minutes of reading across 1324 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Victim
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Frank
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Hemstead
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