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The Trufflers: A Story

The Trufflers: A Story by Samuel Merwin is available here as the complete text, split into 1508 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Samuel Merwin39 chapters

The Trufflers: A Story by Samuel Merwin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #51985.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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The Trufflers: A Story

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0 of 1490 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Seventh-Story Men 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Jacob Zanin 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Little Journey in Paranoia 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Worm Pours Oil on a Fire 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Peter Thinks About the Pictures 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Sue Walks Over a Hill 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Nature Film Producing Co. Inc 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Peter the Magnificent 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Propinquity-Plus 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Two Girls of the Village 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Worm Turns from Books to Life 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Zanin Makes Himself Felt 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Worm Proposes Marriage in General 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Worm Considers Love 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Business Intervenes 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Peter Gets a Note 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Oysters at Jim's 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII A Bachelor at Large 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Buzzer 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Wild Fagan Person 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Enter Maria Tonifetti 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Sue Does Not Send for Peter 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX At the Corner of Tenth 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Fifty Minutes from Broadway 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI A Pair of Red Boots 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Chapter One 69 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Earthy Browns and Greens 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV One Does Forget About Happiness 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Nature Film 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI April! April! 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Reenter Maria Tonifetti 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Peter Steals a Play 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Trufflers: A Story by Samuel Merwin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #51985, divided into 39 chapters and 1508 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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Yes. All 7537 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #51985 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #51985, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Trufflers: A Story take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1508 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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