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Burning Daylight
Burning Daylight

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Jack London • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 19 of Burning Daylight by Jack London holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 19 of Burning Daylight contain?

Chapter 19 holds 185 sentences of Burning Daylight, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 of Burning Daylight by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 19 of Burning Daylight?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 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 19 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 1478 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
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Night
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Shovel
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Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
She came rather imperceptibly.
He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
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Burning Daylight

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.
Line 2
She came rather imperceptibly.
Line 3
He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.
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Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.
Line 5
From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.
All words in this reading · 63

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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accepted

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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accessories

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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all

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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along

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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and

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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any

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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asked

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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been

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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boy

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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brunette

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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business

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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came

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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chief

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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clerk

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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color

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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conception

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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confidential

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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Daylight's

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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Dede

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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demiblonde

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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dimly

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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during

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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employ

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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eyes

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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fact

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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first

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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From

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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furnishing

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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gambling

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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had

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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have

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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He

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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her

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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his

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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imperceptibly

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From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.

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impersonally

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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in

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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Into

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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life

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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Mason

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From this reading Into Daylight's life came Dede Mason.

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months

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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Morrison

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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of

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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office

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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only

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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place

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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rather

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From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.

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resided

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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rest

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

Pending verification
She

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From this reading She came rather imperceptibly.

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subconsciousness

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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superman's

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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tell

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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that

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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the

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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there

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From this reading From the fact that she was a demiblonde, there resided dimly in his subconsciousness a conception that she was a brunette.

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time

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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to

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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unable

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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was

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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with

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From this reading He had accepted her impersonally along with the office furnishing, the office boy, Morrison, the chief, confidential, and only clerk, and all the rest of the accessories of a superman's gambling place of business.

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would

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From this reading Had he been asked any time during the first months she was in his employ, he would have been unable to tell the color of her eyes.

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