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Jack Haydon's Quest

Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore is available here as the complete text, split into 1085 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19877.

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Academic course · 40 chapters

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This edition of Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #19877, divided into 40 chapters and 1085 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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Jack Haydon's Quest is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Jack Haydon's Quest as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1085 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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Is this the complete text of Jack Haydon's Quest?

Yes. All 5425 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19877 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #19877, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Jack Haydon's Quest take to read?

About 452 minutes of reading across 1085 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Attack: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jack Haydon's Quest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Heath: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jack Haydon's Quest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Haydon: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jack Haydon's Quest; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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