It Takes a Thief
It Takes a Thief by Walter M. Miller is available here as the complete text, split into 138 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
It Takes a Thief by Walter M. Miller. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58673.
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It Takes a Thief
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Is this the complete text of It Takes a Thief?
Yes. All 686 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58673 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #58673, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 57 minutes of reading across 138 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in It Takes a Thief
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- Walter
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- Miller
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- Strange
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- Worshipped
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