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The House of Strange Secrets

The House of Strange Secrets by A. Eric Bayly is available here as the complete text, split into 562 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

A. Eric Bayly35 chapters

The House of Strange Secrets: A Detective Story by A. Eric Bayly. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34947.

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 House of Strange Secrets

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0 of 548 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The House of Strange Secrets by A. Eric Bayly carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #34947, divided into 35 chapters and 562 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 complete text of The House of Strange Secrets is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #34947 and divided into 562 sections.

This page carries the whole of The House of Strange Secrets by A. Eric Bayly, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #34947, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2806 sentences across 35 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is The House of Strange Secrets divided for reading?

The House of Strange Secrets is presented in 35 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The House of Strange Secrets as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 562 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 35 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The House of Strange Secrets can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The House of Strange Secrets 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.

Questions about reading The House of Strange Secrets

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Is this the complete text of The House of Strange Secrets?

Yes. All 2806 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34947 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The House of Strange Secrets is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #34947, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The House of Strange Secrets take to read?

About 233 minutes of reading across 562 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The House of Strange Secrets

Words and structures a reader meets early in The House of Strange Secrets, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Squire
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Strange Secrets; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Carrington's
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Carriage
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Please
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