Jack the Englishman
Jack the Englishman by H. Louisa Bedford is available here as the complete text, split into 449 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Jack the Englishman by H. Louisa Bedford. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #60676.
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Jack the Englishman
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This edition of Jack the Englishman by H. Louisa Bedford carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #60676, divided into 13 chapters and 449 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 Jack the Englishman is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #60676 and divided into 449 sections.
This page carries the whole of Jack the Englishman by H. Louisa Bedford, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #60676, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2241 sentences across 13 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 Jack the Englishman divided for reading?
Jack the Englishman is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Jack the Englishman as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 449 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 13 chapters.
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Every sentence of Jack the Englishman 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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Common questions about reading Jack the Englishman by H. Louisa Bedford on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Jack the Englishman?
Yes. All 2241 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #60676 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Jack the Englishman is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #60676, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Jack the Englishman take to read?
About 186 minutes of reading across 449 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Jack the Englishman
Words and structures a reader meets early in Jack the Englishman, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jack the Englishman; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Isaac
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- Merriman's
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- Godchild
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