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Jezebel's Daughter

Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins is available here as the complete text, split into 1415 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #3633.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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Jezebel's Daughter

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0 of 1396 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 150 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #3633, divided into 39 chapters and 1415 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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Jezebel's Daughter is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

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Every sentence of Jezebel's Daughter can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of Jezebel's Daughter?

Yes. All 7071 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3633 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Jezebel's Daughter is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #3633, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Jezebel's Daughter take to read?

About 589 minutes of reading across 1415 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Jezebel's Daughter

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Matter
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Jezebel's
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Daughter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jezebel's Daughter; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Recollections
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