The Picaroons
The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess is available here as the complete text, split into 664 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55164.
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The Picaroons
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- Chapter I A Miracle at Coffee John’s
- Chapter II James Wiswell Coffin 3D
- Chapter III Professor Vango
- Chapter IV Admeh Drake
- Chapter V The Dimes of Coffee John
- Chapter VI The Harvard Freshman’s Adventure: The Forty Panatelas
- Chapter VII The Ex-Medium’s Adventure: The Involuntary Suicide
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX The Wards of Fortune
This edition of The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55164, divided into 9 chapters and 664 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 Picaroons is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #55164 and divided into 664 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #55164, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3317 sentences across 9 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 Picaroons divided for reading?
The Picaroons is presented in 9 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Picaroons as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 664 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 9 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Picaroons 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 Picaroons
Common questions about reading The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Picaroons?
Yes. All 3317 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55164 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Picaroons is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #55164, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Picaroons take to read?
About 276 minutes of reading across 664 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Picaroons section by section
How to work through The Picaroons section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in The Picaroons
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Picaroons, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sweater
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Picaroons; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Yawned
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Picaroons; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Abandon
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Picaroons; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Glanced
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Picaroons; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.