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Frank Merriwell's False Friend

Frank Merriwell's False Friend by Burt L. Standish is available here as the complete text, split into 1086 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Burt L. Standish40 chapters

Frank Merriwell's False Friend by Burt L. Standish. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61853.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Frank Merriwell's False Friend

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  1. Chapter I 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III On the Campus 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Baffled 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Fight with Rapiers 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Frank Forces the Truth 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X A Plot Against Frank 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Greeting at the Station 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV In the Trap 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Cunningham Meets His Master 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Bart and Elsie 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Hodge and Ditson 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Jimmy on the Trail 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Facing Certain Defeat 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX “The Man Who Won the Game.” 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Defarge Plotting Again 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Packard Is Satisfied 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Morgan’s Warning 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Frank Turns the Tables 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Hawkins Cries “Enough.” 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX On Neutral Ground 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Freshman Coxswain 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Tempter and the Traitor 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Frank Makes His Terms 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV A New Compact 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Snodgrass Seeks Satisfaction 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Another Compact 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Buster Bill Surprised 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Before the Race 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 30 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #61853, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 452 minutes of reading across 1086 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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