The Court Jester
The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker is available here as the complete text, split into 546 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34460.
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The Court Jester
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This edition of The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34460, divided into 13 chapters and 546 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 The Court Jester is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #34460 and divided into 546 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #34460, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2728 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 The Court Jester divided for reading?
The Court Jester is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Court Jester as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 546 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.
Can I hear The Court Jester read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Court Jester can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Court Jester 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 The Court Jester
Common questions about reading The Court Jester by Cornelia Baker on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Court Jester?
Yes. All 2728 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34460 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Court Jester is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #34460, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Court Jester take to read?
About 227 minutes of reading across 546 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Court Jester section by section
How to work through The Court Jester section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Court Jester
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Court Jester, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Court Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Queen's
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Court Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Young
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Court Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- People
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Court Jester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.