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Michael, Brother of Jerry

Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 1185 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1730.

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This edition of Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1730, divided into 36 chapters and 1185 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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