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Darry the Life Saver

Darry the Life Saver by Frank V. Webster is available here as the complete text, split into 387 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Darry the Life Saver by Frank V. Webster. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #22277.

25 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

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This edition of Darry the Life Saver by Frank V. Webster carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #22277, divided into 25 chapters and 387 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #22277, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 161 minutes of reading across 387 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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