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The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery

The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery by William Augustine Leahy is available here as the complete text, split into 1861 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

William Augustine Leahy39 chapters

The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery by William Augustine Leahy. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39544.

39 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 39 chapters

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The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery

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  1. Chapter I 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 74 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 77 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 94 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Every sentence of The Incendiary: A Story of 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #39544, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1861 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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