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Oliver Bright's Search

Oliver Bright's Search by Edward Stratemeyer is available here as the complete text, split into 837 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Oliver Bright's Search by Edward Stratemeyer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66171.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 35 chapters

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Oliver Bright's Search

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  1. Chapter I 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Oliver Bright's Search?

Yes. All 4183 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66171 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #66171, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Oliver Bright's Search take to read?

About 348 minutes of reading across 837 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Volumes
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