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The Clevedon Case

The Clevedon Case by Nancy (Novelist) Oakley is available here as the complete text, split into 0 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

The Clevedon Case by Nancy (Novelist) Oakley. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #68091.

27 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 27 chapters

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The Clevedon Case

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  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Tragedy at White Towers 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Meeting in the Dark 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Silver-Headed Hatpin 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Kitty Clevedon and Ronald Thoyne 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A New Sensation 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Evidence at the Inquest 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Story of a Quarrel 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX What Kitty Clevedon Said 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X An Invitation from Lady Clevedon 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Visit from Ronald Thoyne 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Ronald Thoyne Disappears 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII The Vicar’s Story 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV On Ronald Thoyne’s Yacht 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Mystery of Billy Clevedon 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII More About Billy Clevedon 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Anonymous Letters 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Hairpin Clue 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Still More About Billy Clevedon 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Why Tulmin Blackmailed Clevedon 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII More Anonymous Letters 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Tulmin’s Queer Story 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Wrath of Ronald Thoyne 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Story of Mary Grainger 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Nora Lepley’s Explanation 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Who Killed Philip Clevedon 16 readings five lines each Open chapter

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