Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance
Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance by Burt L. Standish is available here as the complete text, split into 1118 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
This edition of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance by Burt L. Standish carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63024, divided into 31 chapters and 1118 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #63024, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 465 minutes of reading across 1118 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Gathering
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- Durfee
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- Comfortable
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