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The Hundredth Chance

The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell is available here as the complete text, split into 2928 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell40 chapters

The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43069.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Hundredth Chance

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 2913 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 93 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 127 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 85 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 90 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 110 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 93 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 97 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 109 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 110 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 65 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 78 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 98 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 136 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43069, divided into 40 chapters and 2928 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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The Hundredth Chance is presented in 40 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Hundredth Chance as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 2928 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 40 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Hundredth Chance can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading The Hundredth Chance

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Is this the complete text of The Hundredth Chance?

Yes. All 14636 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43069 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Hundredth Chance is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #43069, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Hundredth Chance take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2928 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Hundredth Chance

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Hundredth Chance, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
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Desert
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Swindler
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United
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