Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story
Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story by Johnston McCulley is available here as the complete text, split into 1016 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII
This edition of Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story by Johnston McCulley carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #40484, divided into 32 chapters and 1016 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Yes. All 5077 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #40484 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #40484, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story take to read?
About 423 minutes of reading across 1016 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story
Words and structures a reader meets early in Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Black Star's Campaign: A Detective Story; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Standon
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- Texas
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- Black
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