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John Barleycorn
John Barleycorn

Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 35 of John Barleycorn by Jack London holds 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 35 of John Barleycorn contain?

Chapter 35 holds 63 sentences of John Barleycorn, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 35 of John Barleycorn by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 63 sentences, grouped into 13 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 35 of John Barleycorn?

Work through the 13 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 13 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 35 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 35 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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California
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Afternoon
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Ridden
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But the freight has to be paid.
John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.
The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.
The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.
But they were different and more deadly ghosts.
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John Barleycorn

Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of John Barleycorn is here in full — 63 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
But the freight has to be paid.
Line 2
John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.
Line 3
The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.
Line 4
The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.
Line 5
But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.”

All words in this reading · 42

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again

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

an

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

and

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

as

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

Barleycorn

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

be

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

been

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

began

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

body

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

But

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

collect

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

collected

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

deadly

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From this reading But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

different

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From this reading But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

freight

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

from

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

ghosts

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

had

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

has

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

he

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

heads

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

intellectual

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

John

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

laid

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

lifted

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

long

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

more

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From this reading But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

much

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

not

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

old

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

paid

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

purely

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

recrudesced

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

sickness

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.

so

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From this reading John Barleycorn began to collect, and he collected not so much from the body as from the mind.

the

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

their

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From this reading The old ghosts, long laid, lifted their heads again.

they

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From this reading But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

to

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From this reading But the freight has to be paid.

were

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From this reading But they were different and more deadly ghosts.

which

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From this reading The old long sickness, which had been purely an intellectual sickness, recrudesced.