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Out for Business

Out for Business by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete text, split into 893 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Horatio, Jr. Alger33 chapters

Out for Business by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54737.

33 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 33 chapters

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Out for Business

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

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Project Gutenberg eBook #54737, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Out for Business take to read?

About 372 minutes of reading across 893 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Horatio
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Alger
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Author
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Falling
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