Clubfoot the Avenger
Clubfoot the Avenger by Valentine Williams is available here as the complete text, split into 825 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Clubfoot the Avenger Being some further adventures of Desmond Oakwood, of the Secret Service by Valentine Williams. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65416.
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Clubfoot the Avenger
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III Enter Miss Vera Slade
- Chapter IV The Man with the Clubfoot
- Chapter V The Strange Experience of Miss Patricia Maxwell
- Chapter VI The Ikon of Smolensk
- Chapter VII The Secret of the Ikon
- Chapter VIII The Unseen Menace
- Chapter IX The Top Flat
- Chapter X The Footstep in the Dark
- Chapter XI In Which Desmond Okewood Finds Clubfoot in Strange Company
- Chapter XII The Constantinople Courier
- Chapter XIII Xenia
- Chapter XIV In Which Check Proves to Be Checkmate
- Chapter XV The Girl at the Hexagon
- Chapter XVI The Decoy
- Chapter XVII The House in Pimlico
- Chapter XVIII The Meeting
- Chapter XIX The Chamois Leather Packet
- Chapter XX A Flight and What Came of It
- Chapter XXI In Which Miss Mary Brewster Speaks Her Mind
This edition of Clubfoot the Avenger by Valentine Williams carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #65416, divided into 21 chapters and 825 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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Clubfoot the Avenger is presented in 21 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Is this the complete text of Clubfoot the Avenger?
Yes. All 4123 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65416 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Clubfoot the Avenger is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #65416, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Clubfoot the Avenger take to read?
About 343 minutes of reading across 825 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Clubfoot the Avenger
Words and structures a reader meets early in Clubfoot the Avenger, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Straining
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- Valued
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clubfoot the Avenger; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Friendship
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- Persuaded
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