Adventure
Adventure by Jack London is available here as the complete text, split into 1007 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Adventure by Jack London. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1163.
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Adventure
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Something Is Done
- Chapter III The Jessie
- Chapter IV Joan Lackland
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI Tempest
- Chapter VII A Hard-Bitten Gang
- Chapter VIII Local Colour
- Chapter IX As Between a Man and a Woman
- Chapter X A Message from Boucher
- Chapter XI The Port Adams Crowd
- Chapter XII Mr. Morgan and Mr. Raff
- Chapter XIII The Logic of Youth
- Chapter XIV The Martha
- Chapter XV A Discourse on Manners
- Chapter XVI The Girl Who Had Not Grown Up
- Chapter XVII "Your" Miss Lackland
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX The Lost Toy
- Chapter XX A Man-Talk
- Chapter XXI Contraband
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII A Message from the Bush
- Chapter XXIV In the Bush
- Chapter XXV The Head-Hunters
- Chapter XXVI Burning Daylight
- Chapter XXVII Modern Duelling
- Chapter XXVIII Capitulation
This edition of Adventure by Jack London carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1163, divided into 28 chapters and 1007 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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This page carries the whole of Adventure by Jack London, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1163, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5033 sentences across 28 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Adventure divided for reading?
Adventure is presented in 28 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Adventure as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1007 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 28 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Adventure?
Yes. All 5033 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1163 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Adventure is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #1163, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Adventure take to read?
About 419 minutes of reading across 1007 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Adventure section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Adventure
Words and structures a reader meets early in Adventure, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- White
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- Pick-a-back
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- Woolly-headed
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- Black-skinned
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