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Dick Merriwell's Assurance

Dick Merriwell's Assurance by Burt L. Standish is available here as the complete text, split into 1333 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Burt L. Standish31 chapters

Dick Merriwell's Assurance by Burt L. Standish. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61830.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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Dick Merriwell's Assurance

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0 of 1317 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Arlington Gets the Chance 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Fardale’s Brilliant Opening 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Great Northern Finds Arlington 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V By Fair Means or Foul 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Troubled Heart 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Rising Cloud 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Arlington Makes More Trouble 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Fardale Wins! 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Power of a Superior Mind 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Winner 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Dastardly Deed 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Forced to Fight 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Reckless Youth 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Friend in Need 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Darrell Called into the Game 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Charge and Confession 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Dick’s Confidence 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Darrell Redeems Himself 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII An Inquisitive Stranger 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV What Happened to Abe 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV An Appeal to Bial Keene 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Signal Whistle 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Bound for Fardale 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII A Change of Signals 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Fardale’s First Run 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Last Effort 44 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #61830, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 555 minutes of reading across 1333 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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