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Burning Daylight

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Jack London • Curated US English Learning Edition

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It was Daylight's night.

He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

Yet never did trouble intrude.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter III Reading 1/68

Burning Daylight

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/68 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

It was Daylight's night.

Line 2

He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

Line 3

He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

Line 4

No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

Line 5

Yet never did trouble intrude.

All words in this reading · 48

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a

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

all

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

and

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

by

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

centre

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

contagion

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

Daylight's

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From this reading It was Daylight's night.

developed

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

did

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From this reading Yet never did trouble intrude.

doing

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

excitement

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

fell

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

followed

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

followers

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

for

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

fun

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

He

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

head

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

himself

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

his

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

imbeciles

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

in

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

into

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

intrude

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From this reading Yet never did trouble intrude.

It

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From this reading It was Daylight's night.

joyous

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

multiplied

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

never

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From this reading Yet never did trouble intrude.

night

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From this reading It was Daylight's night.

No

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

of

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

prank

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

revel

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

save

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

singing

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

so

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From this reading He multiplied himself, and in so doing multiplied the excitement.

suggested

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

that

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

the

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

those

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

too

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

trouble

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From this reading Yet never did trouble intrude.

unquenchably

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From this reading He was the centre and the head of the revel, unquenchably joyous, a contagion of fun.

warbling

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

was

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From this reading It was Daylight's night.

wayside

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

wild

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From this reading No prank he suggested was too wild for his followers, and all followed save those that developed into singing imbeciles and fell warbling by the wayside.

Yet

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From this reading Yet never did trouble intrude.

Chapter 3 of Burning Daylight by Jack London holds 343 sentences, grouped into 69 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 3 of Burning Daylight contain?

Chapter 3 holds 343 sentences of Burning Daylight, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Burning Daylight by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 343 sentences, grouped into 69 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 3 of Burning Daylight?

Work through the 69 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 69 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Burning Daylight?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #746, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Burning Daylight take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1442 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Burning Daylight

Words and structures a reader meets early in Burning Daylight, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Quiet: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Night: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Shovel: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ranged: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.