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The Lone Inn: A Mystery

The Lone Inn: A Mystery by Fergus Hume is available here as the complete text, split into 556 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Lone Inn: A Mystery by Fergus Hume. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55310.

15 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Lone Inn: A Mystery

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  1. Chapter I The Adventure at the Inn 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Sequel to the Adventure at the Inn 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Felix or Francis? 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Olivia's Evidence 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V An Astounding Discovery 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Man in Paris 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Links in the Chain of Evidence 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Clew to the Mystery 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Another Surprise 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X A Woman Scorned 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Transformation 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Back from the Grave 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Perplexity 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Hunting of Man 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV What Really Happened at the Fen Inn 33 readings five lines each Open chapter

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How long does The Lone Inn: A Mystery take to read?

About 231 minutes of reading across 556 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Lone Inn: A Mystery

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Aught
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Presentiments
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Warned
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First
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