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Burning Daylight

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Jack London • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

The story of his hunch and how he rode it was told up and down the land.

Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

And, furthermore, he was still riding the hunch, and with no diminution of daring.

The wise ones shook their heads and prophesied that he would lose every ounce he had won.

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Chapter XI Reading 1/31

Burning Daylight

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

Line 2

The story of his hunch and how he rode it was told up and down the land.

Line 3

Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

Line 4

And, furthermore, he was still riding the hunch, and with no diminution of daring.

Line 5

The wise ones shook their heads and prophesied that he would lose every ounce he had won.

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and

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away

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

became

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

before

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

beyond

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

boldest

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Burning

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Carmack

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Certainly

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

claims

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daring

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Daylight

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

days

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

diminution

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down

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every

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far

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five

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for

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furthermore

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had

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he

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heads

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held

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hero

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his

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how

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hunch

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in

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

it

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land

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lose

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luckiest

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

no

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now

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of

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ones

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ounce

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prophesied

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ridden

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riding

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From this reading And, furthermore, he was still riding the hunch, and with no diminution of daring.

rode

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shook

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still

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From this reading And, furthermore, he was still riding the hunch, and with no diminution of daring.

story

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strike

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

that

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

The

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

their

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told

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up

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value

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From this reading Certainly he had ridden it far and away beyond the boldest, for no five of the luckiest held the value in claims that he held.

was

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From this reading The story of his hunch and how he rode it was told up and down the land.

wise

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with

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won

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would

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younger

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Yukon

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From this reading The hero of the Yukon in the younger days before the Carmack strike, Burning Daylight now became the hero of the strike.

Chapter 11 of Burning Daylight by Jack London holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 11 of Burning Daylight contain?

Chapter 11 holds 157 sentences of Burning Daylight, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of Burning Daylight by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 11 of Burning Daylight?

Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 32 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 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?

Yes. All 7209 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #746 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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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.