The Gray Phantom's Return
The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon is available here as the complete text, split into 1067 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37490.
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The Gray Phantom's Return
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- Chapter I From Dying Lips
- Chapter II The Missing Bauble
- Chapter III Blue or Gray?
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Danger
- Chapter VI The Way Out
- Chapter VII Doctor Bimble's Laboratory
- Chapter VIII Logic Versus Heart Throbs
- Chapter IX The Phantom Is Mystified
- Chapter X In the Tunnel
- Chapter XI A Blow from Behind
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII Kidnaped
- Chapter XIV Thomas Granger
- Chapter XV A Warning from the Duke
- Chapter XVI The Other Link
- Chapter XVII The Duke's Messenger
- Chapter XVIII The Starting Point
- Chapter XIX The Big Story
- Chapter XX The Missing Skeletons
- Chapter XXI Finger Prints
- Chapter XXII The Phantom Turns a Somersault
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV The Face in the Limousine
- Chapter XXV In a Circle of Light
- Chapter XXVI The Phantom Hears a Scream
- Chapter XXVII The Phantom's Ruse
- Chapter XXVIII Pinto's Confession
- Chapter XXIX The Phantom's Visitor
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI
- Chapter XXXII The Outlaw
This edition of The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37490, divided into 32 chapters and 1067 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 Gray Phantom's Return?
Yes. All 5334 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37490 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #37490, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Gray Phantom's Return take to read?
About 444 minutes of reading across 1067 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Gray Phantom's Return
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Gray Phantom's Return, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Patrolman
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- Joshua
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- Pinto
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- Walking
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