The Blue Ghost Mystery
The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin is available here as the complete text, split into 748 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Blue Ghost Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31589.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
The Blue Ghost Mystery
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0 of 739 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.
This edition of The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #31589, divided into 20 chapters and 748 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.
Where can I read The Blue Ghost Mystery in full?
The complete text of The Blue Ghost Mystery is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #31589 and divided into 748 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #31589, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3737 sentences across 20 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is The Blue Ghost Mystery divided for reading?
The Blue Ghost Mystery is presented in 20 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Blue Ghost Mystery as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 748 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 20 chapters.
Can I hear The Blue Ghost Mystery read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Blue Ghost Mystery can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of The Blue Ghost Mystery can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading The Blue Ghost Mystery
Common questions about reading The Blue Ghost Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of The Blue Ghost Mystery?
Yes. All 3737 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31589 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Blue Ghost Mystery is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #31589, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Blue Ghost Mystery take to read?
About 311 minutes of reading across 748 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read The Blue Ghost Mystery section by section
How to work through The Blue Ghost Mystery section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 20 chapters of The Blue Ghost Mystery to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in The Blue Ghost Mystery
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Blue Ghost Mystery, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Brant
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Blue Ghost Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Moved
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Blue Ghost Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Infinite
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Blue Ghost Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Adjusted
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Blue Ghost Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.