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The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story

The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story by Fergus Hume is available here as the complete text, split into 494 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story by Fergus Hume. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55376.

20 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 20 chapters

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The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story

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  1. Chapter I A Foggy Night 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The News of the Day 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Dowker--Detective 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Piccadilly Rooms 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Successful Experiment 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII A Literary Aspirant 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII A Juvenile Detective 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Language of Love 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Missing Link 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Another Complication 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Family History 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Myles Desmond Finds Friends 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV My Lady's Husband 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Startling Discovery 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI More Revelations 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Prodigal's Return 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII What Myles Desmond Thought 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX What Dowker Discovered 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The End of It All 54 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story by Fergus Hume carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #55376, divided into 20 chapters and 494 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 Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story is presented in 20 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 494 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 20 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story?

Yes. All 2470 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #55376 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #55376, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Piccadilly Puzzle: A Mysterious Story take to read?

About 205 minutes of reading across 494 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Morning
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During
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Month
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