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The great Skene mystery

The great Skene mystery by Bernard Capes is available here as the complete text, split into 1228 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The great Skene mystery by Bernard Capes. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70048.

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 great Skene mystery

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0 of 1213 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Autobiographical 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III I Come of Age and to a Determination 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Lodge in the Caddle 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Young Lady’s Chastening--Phase One 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Young Lady’s Chastening--Phase Two 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII My First Enlightenment 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Morgiana 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Writing on the Wall 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X I Visit Clapham 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Editorial 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII An Odd Recognition 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Johnny Dando 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Two Interviews and a Discovery 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The Letter in the Book 61 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII A Strange Encounter 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Nurse Ellen’s “Young Man” 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Telegrams 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Lady Skene Kneels to Me 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Antonio Geoletti 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Snow and Fire 63 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Geoletti Tells His Story 80 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV I Accept the Burden of Proof 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Johnny at Home 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII I Revisit Mother Carey 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Correspondence 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX On the Scent 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Body in the Cave 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Hard Pressed 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII A Notable Interlude 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Run to Earth 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The great Skene mystery by Bernard Capes carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #70048, divided into 35 chapters and 1228 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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Every sentence of The great Skene 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.

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Is this the complete text of The great Skene mystery?

Yes. All 6138 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #70048 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The great Skene mystery is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #70048, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The great Skene mystery take to read?

About 511 minutes of reading across 1228 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Dedication
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Forty-five
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Years
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February
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