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The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls

The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell is available here as the complete text, split into 924 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell32 chapters

The Magic Curtain A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42137.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 32 chapters

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The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls

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0 of 913 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Petite Jeanne's Masquerade 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III On the Verge of Adventure 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Living Statue 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Woman in Black 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Dreams of Other Days 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII An Island Mystery 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Caught in the Act 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The One Within the Shadows 40 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Dance for the Spirits 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Lost Cameo 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII A Nymph of the Night 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Disappearing Parcel 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Strange Voices 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Startling Revelations 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII They That Pass in the Night 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Place of Enchantment 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI From the Heights to Despair 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Armored Horse 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Florence Solves a Mystery 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Bearded Stranger 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI An Exciting Message 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Florence Crashes In 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX A Surprise Party 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Sparkling Treasure 39 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42137, divided into 32 chapters and 924 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 Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #42137 and divided into 924 sections.

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The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 924 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 32 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls 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 Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls?

Yes. All 4618 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42137 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #42137, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls take to read?

About 384 minutes of reading across 924 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Magic Curtain: A Mystery Story for Girls

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Reilly
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Chicago
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Mystic
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Witches
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