The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls
The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell is available here as the complete text, split into 613 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Purple Flame A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #42016.
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The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Patsy from Kentucky
- Chapter III Marian Faces a Problem
- Chapter IV The Range Robber
- Chapter V Planning a Perilous Journey
- Chapter VI A Journey Well Begun
- Chapter VII The Enchanted Mountain
- Chapter VIII Trouble for Patsy
- Chapter IX Patsy Solves a Problem
- Chapter X A Startling Discovery
- Chapter XI The Girl of the Purple Flame
- Chapter XII Ancient Treasure
- Chapter XIII The Long Trail
- Chapter XIV Mysterious Music
- Chapter XV An Old Man of the North
- Chapter XVI The Barrier
- Chapter XVII Age Serves Youth
- Chapter XVIII The Trail of Blood
- Chapter XIX Passing the Rapids
- Chapter XX A Message from the Air
- Chapter XXI Fading Hopes
- Chapter XXII A Fruitless Journey
- Chapter XXIII Planning the Long Drive
- Chapter XXIV Camp Followers
- Chapter XXV The Mirage
- Chapter XXVI The Mysterious Deliverer
- Chapter XXVII The End of the Trail
This edition of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #42016, divided into 27 chapters and 613 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 Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls is presented in 27 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 613 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 27 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls?
Yes. All 3065 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #42016 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #42016, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 255 minutes of reading across 613 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls
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- Reilly
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- Chicago
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- Printed
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- United
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