Hidden Foes
Hidden Foes by Nicholas (House name) Carter is available here as the complete text, split into 850 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Hidden Foes by Nicholas (House name) Carter. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62860.
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Hidden Foes
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- Chapter I A Mysterious Fatality
- Chapter II Nick Carter’s Opinion
- Chapter III A Friend Worth Having
- Chapter IV The Man of Last Resort
- Chapter V Another Strange Case
- Chapter VI Doctor Devoll
- Chapter VII Grounds for Suspicion
- Chapter VIII The Yellow Coupon
- Chapter IX Suspicions Verified
- Chapter X The Deeper Mystery
- Chapter XI The Angle of Reflection
- Chapter XII Nick Carter’s Deductions
- Chapter XIII The Man with a Mask
- Chapter XIV A Marathon Pursuit
- Chapter XV Professor Karl Graff
- Chapter XVI Vain Inquiries
- Chapter XVII Craft and Foresight
- Chapter XVIII Nick Declares Himself
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX Birds of Prey
- Chapter XXI Stolen Pearls
- Chapter XXII Where the Tide Turned
- Chapter XXIII The Wheel Within
- Chapter XXIV The Last Resort
This edition of Hidden Foes by Nicholas (House name) Carter carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #62860, divided into 24 chapters and 850 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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Hidden Foes is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Hidden Foes as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 850 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 24 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Hidden Foes?
Yes. All 4250 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #62860 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Hidden Foes is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #62860, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Hidden Foes take to read?
About 354 minutes of reading across 850 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Hidden Foes
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hidden Foes, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Nobody
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hidden Foes; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Heard
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- Report
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- Pistol
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