When God Laughs, and Other Stories
When God Laughs, and Other Stories by Jack London is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 770 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
When God Laughs, and Other Stories by Jack London. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2545.
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When God Laughs, and Other Stories
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- Chapter I Chapter 1
- Chapter II Chapter 2
- Chapter III Chapter 3
- Chapter IV Chapter 4
- Chapter V Chapter 5
- Chapter VI Chapter 6
- Chapter VII Chapter 7
- Chapter VIII Chapter 8
- Chapter IX Chapter 9
- Chapter X Chapter 10
- Chapter XI Chapter 11
- Chapter XII Chapter 12
- Chapter XIII Chapter 13
- Chapter XIV Chapter 14
- Chapter XV Chapter 15
- Chapter XVI Chapter 16
- Chapter XVII Chapter 17
- Chapter XVIII Chapter 18
This edition of When God Laughs, and Other Stories by Jack London carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2545, divided into 18 chapters and 770 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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Is this the complete text of When God Laughs, and Other Stories?
Yes. All 3846 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2545 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #2545, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does When God Laughs, and Other Stories take to read?
About 320 minutes of reading across 770 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in When God Laughs, and Other Stories
Words and structures a reader meets early in When God Laughs, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Laughs
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of When God Laughs, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Apostate
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- Wicked
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- Woman
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