The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls
The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell is available here as the complete text, split into 969 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Crystal Ball A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44062.
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The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III Danger Tomorrow
- Chapter IV The “Tiger Woman”
- Chapter V Florence Gazes into the Crystal
- Chapter VI Gypsies That Are Not Gypsies
- Chapter VII The Bright Shawl
- Chapter VIII A Vision for Another
- Chapter IX Jeanne Plans an Adventure
- Chapter X A Voodoo Priestess
- Chapter XI Fireside Reflections
- Chapter XII Jeanne’s Fortune
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV Fire Destroys All
- Chapter XV The Interpreter of Dreams
- Chapter XVI The Secret of Lost Lake
- Chapter XVII From Out the Past
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX One Wild Dream
- Chapter XX Some Considerable Treasure
- Chapter XXI Battle Royal
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV A Visit in the Night
- Chapter XXVI In Which Some Things Are Well Finished
This edition of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44062, divided into 26 chapters and 969 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 Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls is presented in 26 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 969 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 26 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls?
Yes. All 4843 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44062 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #44062, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls take to read?
About 403 minutes of reading across 969 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Crystal Ball: A Mystery Story for Girls
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- Reilly
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- Chicago
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- Printed
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- United
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