Chapter 29 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65. Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39. The double hero, 38, 56. The dragoon’s bride, 55. Gideon Godbold, 38.
Chapter 29 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels is here in full — 515 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/103 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “The dragoon’s bride, 55.”
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading “Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.”
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading “Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.”
increase twofold
From this reading “The double hero, 38, 56.”
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “The double hero, 38, 56.”
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading “Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.”
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From this reading The double hero, 38, 56.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dragoon’s bride, 55.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The double hero, 38, 56.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading The dragoon’s bride, 55.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
someone who is a detective
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
increase twofold
From this reading The double hero, 38, 56.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The dragoon’s bride, 55.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gideon Godbold, 38.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gideon Godbold, 38.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading The double hero, 38, 56.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading Iron, N. C.: Agnes Falkland, 39.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Inman, R. R.: Dandy Dick, detective, 65.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The double hero, 38, 56.
Chapter 29 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library holds 515 sentences, grouped into 103 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 29 holds 515 sentences of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels by New York Public Library exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 515 sentences, grouped into 103 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 103 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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