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The Efficiency ExpertEdgar Rice Burroughs

The Efficiency Expert

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Original author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

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"The Efficiency Expert" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a novella written in 1919 and published in 1921. Jimmy Torrance, a celebrated college athlete, rejects his father's business offer to prove himself independently in Chicago. Struggling through numerous failed jobs, he befriends a pickpocket and eventually becomes an efficiency expert at a factory. There he uncovers embezzlement, meets a young woman named Elizabeth, and becomes entangled in a web of crime that leads to murder and false accusations.

The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #3475.

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28 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Jimmy Torrance, Jr1,624 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Jimmy Will Accept a Position1,947 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: The Lizard2,165 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Jimmy Hunts a Job1,484 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Jimmy Lands One2,054 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: Harold Plays the Raven1,655 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: Jobless Again1,410 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Bread From the Waters1,473 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Harold Sits in a Game1,532 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: At Feinheimer's1,087 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Christmas Eve2,483 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: Up or Down?1,969 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Harriet Philosophizes1,138 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: In Again--Out Again1,310 words
  1. 15.Chapter XV: Little Eva1,541 words
  2. 16.Chapter XVI: Jimmy Throws a Bluff2,160 words
  3. 17.Chapter XVII: Jimmy on the Job1,314 words
  4. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Efficiency Expert1,941 words
  5. 19.Chapter XIX: Plotting1,777 words
  6. 20.Chapter XX: An Invitation to Dine1,319 words
  7. 21.Chapter XXI: Jimmy Tells the Truth2,141 words
  8. 22.Chapter XXII: A Letter From Murray1,521 words
  9. 23.Chapter XXIII: Laid Up1,066 words
  10. 24.Chapter XXIV: In the Toils1,728 words
  11. 25.Chapter XXV: Circumstantial Evidence2,013 words
  12. 26.Chapter XXVI: "the Only Friends He Has."2,009 words
  13. 27.Chapter XXVII: The Trial1,719 words
  14. 28.Chapter XXVIII: The Verdict2,163 words