The Crimson Sign
The Crimson Sign by S. R. (Samuel Robert) Keightley is available here as the complete text, split into 919 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Crimson Sign A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot by S. R. (Samuel Robert) Keightley. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54598.
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The Crimson Sign
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- Chapter I Of What Befell on the Road to Enniskillen
- Chapter II Of the Entertainment They Had at the Inn
- Chapter III Of the Way My Lord Galmoy Sat in Judgment
- Chapter IV Of How the Vicomte Paid His Debt
- Chapter V Of a Man´s Memory
- Chapter VI Of How the Heroine Comes upon the Stage
- Chapter VII Of the Rescue from Great Peril
- Chapter VIII Of the Return to the City
- Chapter IX Of How Captain Macpherson Fulfilled His Trust
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI Of a Serious Communication
- Chapter XII Of a Warm Morning´s Work
- Chapter XIII Of a Stratagem of War
- Chapter XIV Of a Game of Chance
- Chapter XV Of How the Vicomte Was Brought Back to Life
- Chapter XVI Of a Deed of Treachery
- Chapter XVII Of a Great Adventure
- Chapter XVIII Of How Gervase Reached the Ships
- Chapter XIX Of a Stormy Interview
- Chapter XX Of How the Great Deliverance Was Wrought
- Chapter XXI Of How the Vicomte Made His Great Renunciation
This edition of The Crimson Sign by S. R. (Samuel Robert) Keightley carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #54598, divided into 21 chapters and 919 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 The Crimson Sign?
Yes. All 4592 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54598 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Crimson Sign is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #54598, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Crimson Sign take to read?
About 382 minutes of reading across 919 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Crimson Sign
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- Grace
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- Long-suffering
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- Patient
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- To-day
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