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Miss Maitland, Private Secretary

Miss Maitland, Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner is available here as the complete text, split into 949 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Miss Maitland, Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35504.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 30 chapters

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Miss Maitland, Private Secretary

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  1. Chapter I 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Miss Maitland Gets a Letter 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Another Letter and What Followed It 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Cigar Band 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Robbery in High Places 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Poor Mr. Janney! 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Concerning Detectives 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Molly’s Story 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Good Hunting in Berkeley 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Molly’s Story 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Ferguson’s Idea 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Man Who Wouldn’t Tell 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Molly’s Story 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV What Happened on Friday 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Molly’s Story 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Miss Maitland in a New Light 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The House in Gayle Street 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Molly’s Story 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Molly’s Story 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Signed "Clansmen" 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Suzanne Finds a Friend 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Molly’s Story 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Cards on the Table 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Molly’s Story 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Counter Plot 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Night on the Cresson Pike 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Man in the Boat 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Miss Maitland Explains 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Molly’s Story 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Chapman
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Price
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Leaving
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Grasslands
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