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A time of terror

A time of terror by Douglas Morey Ford is available here as the complete text, split into 639 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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A time of terror by Douglas Morey Ford. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #75548.

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Academic course · 39 chapters

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A time of terror

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  1. Chapter I 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Rivals in Love 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III London in 1910 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV At the New Bailey 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Leaguers’ First Move 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Case That Failed 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Leaguers’ Second Move 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Murder of Dr Grady 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Sir John Breaks Down 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Father Francis at Folkestone 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Marcus White Returns 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The “Epoch” Runs Amok 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV The Strange Outbreak at Queen’s Hall 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Billy of Mayfair 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Shrine of Luxury and Pride 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Mania That Laid Hold of London 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Great Fire in Hyde Park 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Aldwyth Asks a Question 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Lord Mayor Reads the Riot Act 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Leaguers at the Home Office 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Devil’s Own on the Defensive 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Bomb Brigade 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Cranks’ Corner 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Lower Critic 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Marcus White Gives Orders 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Capture of the Judges 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Black Christmas 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX In Trafalgar Square 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Billy’s Message 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII The Fate of Portsmouth Dockyard 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Naval Battle Off Plymouth 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Marcus White and the Mob 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV The Foreign Secretary 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Eagle in the Lion’s Jaws 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII The King and the Kaiser 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Brotherhood of Death 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX The Great Thanksgiving 28 readings five lines each Open chapter

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