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The Champdoce Mystery

The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau is available here as the complete text, split into 1066 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Emile Gaboriau35 chapters

The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #2736.

35 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 35 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Champdoce Mystery

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 1053 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #2736, divided into 35 chapters and 1066 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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The complete text of The Champdoce Mystery is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #2736 and divided into 1066 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2736, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5329 sentences across 35 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 Champdoce Mystery divided for reading?

The Champdoce Mystery is presented in 35 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Champdoce Mystery as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1066 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 35 chapters.

Can I hear The Champdoce Mystery read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Champdoce Mystery can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Champdoce 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 Champdoce Mystery

Common questions about reading The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Champdoce Mystery?

Yes. All 5329 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2736 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Champdoce Mystery is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #2736, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Champdoce Mystery take to read?

About 444 minutes of reading across 1066 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Champdoce Mystery section by section

How to work through The Champdoce Mystery section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Champdoce Mystery

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Champdoce Mystery, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Ducal
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Champdoce Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Monomaniac
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Champdoce Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Traveller
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Champdoce Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wishes
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Champdoce Mystery; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.