Peter Ruff and the Double Four
Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim is available here as the complete text, split into 1952 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1976.
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Peter Ruff and the Double Four
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- Chapter I Introducing Mr. Peter Ruff
- Chapter II A New Career
- Chapter III Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent
- Chapter IV The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw
- Chapter V Delilah from Streatham
- Chapter VI The Little Lady from Servia
- Chapter VII The Demand of the Double-Four
- Chapter VIII Mrs. BOGNOR’S STAR BOARDER
- Chapter IX The Perfidy of Miss Brown
- Chapter X Wonderful John Dory
- Chapter XI Recalled by the Double-Four
- Chapter XII Prince Albert’s Card Debts
- Chapter XIII The Ambassador’s Wife
- Chapter XIV The Man Prom the Old Testament
- Chapter XV The First Shot
- Chapter XVI The Seven Suppers of Andrea Korust
- Chapter XVII Major Kosuth’s Mission
- Chapter XVIII The Man Behind the Curtain
- Chapter XIX The Ghosts of Havana Harbor
- Chapter XX THE AFFAIR or AN ALIEN SOCIETY
- Chapter XXI The Thirteenth Encounter
This edition of Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #1976, divided into 21 chapters and 1952 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #1976, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Peter Ruff and the Double Four take to read?
About 600 minutes of reading across 1952 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Nothing
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- Supper
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- Party
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- Particular
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