Hour of Enchantment
Hour of Enchantment by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell is available here as the complete text, split into 800 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Hour of Enchantment A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44299.
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Hour of Enchantment
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Sky Walk
- Chapter III Footsteps on the Stairs
- Chapter IV The Golden Temple
- Chapter V A Hearse in the Moonlight
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII The Place of Darkness
- Chapter VIII Jeanne’s Double
- Chapter IX “Haunts”
- Chapter X Entering a New World
- Chapter XI From China’s Ancient Treasure
- Chapter XII The Dodge-Ems
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Two Black Horses and a Coffin
- Chapter XV Transforming a Mountain
- Chapter XVI Magic from the East
- Chapter XVII A Scream Brings Startling Results
- Chapter XVIII The Slim Stranger
- Chapter XIX A Sound in the Night
- Chapter XX Pictures on the Clouds
- Chapter XXI Work and Dreams
- Chapter XXII Beneath the Floodlights
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV The Battle in the Orange Grove
- Chapter XXV Once Again the Organ Plays at Midnight
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII Her Big Night
This edition of Hour of Enchantment by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44299, divided into 27 chapters and 800 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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Is this the complete text of Hour of Enchantment?
Yes. All 4000 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44299 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Hour of Enchantment is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44299, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Hour of Enchantment take to read?
About 333 minutes of reading across 800 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Hour of Enchantment
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hour of Enchantment, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Reilly
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Hour of Enchantment; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Chicago
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- Florence
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- Huyler
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