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No Defense, Complete

No Defense, Complete by Gilbert Parker is available here as the complete text, split into 1060 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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No Defense, Complete by Gilbert Parker. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #6295.

25 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 25 chapters

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No Defense, Complete

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  1. Chapter I 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Coming of a Messenger 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Quarrel 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Duel 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Killing of Erris Boyne 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Dyck in Prison 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Dyck's Father Visits Him 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX A Letter from Sheila 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Dyck Calhoun Enters the World Again 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Hour Before the Mutiny 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII To the West Indies 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV In the Nick of Time 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Admiral Has His Say 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Letter 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII At Salem 87 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 100 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Out of the Hands of the Philistines 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Clash of Race 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Sheila Has Her Say 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Coming of Noreen 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Then What Happened 10 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #6295, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does No Defense, Complete take to read?

About 441 minutes of reading across 1060 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Sessions
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