Out of the blue
Out of the blue by Bertrand W. Sinclair is available here as the complete text, split into 892 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Out of the blue by Bertrand W. Sinclair. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #73542.
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Out of the blue
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II In the Odeon
- Chapter III The Steering Wheel
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Wrapped in Canvas
- Chapter VI Very Adroit Rock
- Chapter VII Mariners
- Chapter VIII Getting Down to Cases
- Chapter IX Ordered South
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII Stack Decides to Talk
- Chapter XIII On the Warpath
- Chapter XIV Hot on the Trail
- Chapter XV Popping Guns
- Chapter XVI “Certainly Not Sad.”
This edition of Out of the blue by Bertrand W. Sinclair carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #73542, divided into 16 chapters and 892 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 Out of the blue?
Yes. All 4460 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #73542 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #73542, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Out of the blue take to read?
About 371 minutes of reading across 892 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Out of the blue
Words and structures a reader meets early in Out of the blue, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
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- North
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- Fifty-three
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- Frozen
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