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Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective

Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective by A. Frank Pinkerton is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 833 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective by A. Frank Pinkerton. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5901.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 33 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective

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0 of 818 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Chapter 33 23 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Every sentence of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective 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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Which edition of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #5901, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective take to read?

About 346 minutes of reading across 833 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective

Words and structures a reader meets early in Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Darrel's
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Trick
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Certainly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Cried
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.