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John Barleycorn
John Barleycorn

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Jack London • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 24 of John Barleycorn by Jack London holds 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 24 of John Barleycorn contain?

Chapter 24 holds 60 sentences of John Barleycorn, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 24 of John Barleycorn by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 24 of John Barleycorn?

Work through the 12 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 12 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 24 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 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.

Questions about reading John Barleycorn

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Is this the complete text of John Barleycorn?

Yes. All 3987 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #318 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of John Barleycorn is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #318, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does John Barleycorn take to read?

About 332 minutes of reading across 798 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in John Barleycorn

Words and structures a reader meets early in John Barleycorn, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Election
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Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly appointed steam laundry.
Another fellow and myself did all the work from sorting and washing to ironing the white shirts, collars and cuffs, and the "fancy starch" of the wives of the professors.
We worked like tigers, especially as summer came on and the academy boys took to the wearing of duck trousers.
It consumes a dreadful lot of time to iron one pair of duck trousers.
And there were so many pairs of them.
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John Barleycorn

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly appointed steam laundry.
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Another fellow and myself did all the work from sorting and washing to ironing the white shirts, collars and cuffs, and the "fancy starch" of the wives of the professors.
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We worked like tigers, especially as summer came on and the academy boys took to the wearing of duck trousers.
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It consumes a dreadful lot of time to iron one pair of duck trousers.
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And there were so many pairs of them.

Learner Dictionary

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Academy noun US /əˈkæd.ə.mi/

A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.

From this reading “Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly appointed steam laundry.”

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a

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AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/

A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.

From this reading Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly appointed steam laundry.

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all

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appointed

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as

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at

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Belmont

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boys

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came

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collars

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consumes

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country

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cuffs

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did

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dreadful

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duck

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especially

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fancy

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I

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in

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iron

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ironing

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It

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laundry

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like

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lot

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many

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myself

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on

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one

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Out

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pair

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pairs

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perfectly

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professors

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shirts

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small

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so

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sorting

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starch

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steam

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summer

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the

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them

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there

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tigers

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time

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to

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took

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trousers

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washing

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We

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wearing

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went

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were

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white

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wives

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work

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worked

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