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Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth by Frederic Stewart Isham is available here as the complete text, split into 1336 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Frederic Stewart Isham24 chapters

Nothing But the Truth by Frederic Stewart Isham. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43916.

24 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Nothing But the Truth

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  1. Chapter I 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II A Try-Out 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III An Inauspicious Beginning 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Chat on the Links 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Trivialities 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Dinner 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Varying Vicissitudes 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII New Complications 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Another Surprise 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Into Bondage 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Fishing 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII An Enforced Rest Cure 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Mutiny 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV An Extraordinary Interview 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Playing with Bob 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Good Deal of Gee-Gee 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII A Formidable Adversary 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Bob Forgets Himself 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Hand-Reading 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Heart of Stone 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Real Benefactor 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Making Good 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV At the Portals 44 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #43916, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 556 minutes of reading across 1336 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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