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The Odds And Other Stories

The Odds And Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The Odds And Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16380.

52 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 52 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Odds And Other Stories

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 102 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 218 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Chapter 30 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Chapter 31 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter 32 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Chapter 33 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Chapter 34 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Chapter 35 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Chapter 36 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Chapter 37 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Chapter 38 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Chapter 39 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Chapter 40 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  41. Chapter XLI Chapter 41 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  42. Chapter XLII Chapter 42 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  43. Chapter XLIII Chapter 43 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  44. Chapter XLIV Chapter 44 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  45. Chapter XLV Chapter 45 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  46. Chapter XLVI Chapter 46 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  47. Chapter XLVII Chapter 47 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  48. Chapter XLVIII Chapter 48 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  49. Chapter XLIX Chapter 49 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  50. Chapter L Chapter 50 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  51. Chapter LI Chapter 51 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  52. Chapter LII Chapter 52 32 readings five lines each Open chapter

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