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The Terror: A Mystery

The Terror: A Mystery by Arthur Machen is available here as the complete text, split into 327 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Terror: A Mystery by Arthur Machen. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #35617.

14 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Terror: A Mystery

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  1. Chapter I The Coming of the Terror 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Death in the Village 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Doctor’s Theory 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Spread of the Terror 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Incident of the Unknown Tree 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Mr. Remnant’s Z Ray 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Case of the Hidden Germans 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII What Mr. Merritt Found 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Light on the Water 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Child and the Moth 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI At Treff Loyne Farm 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The End of the Terror 48 readings five lines each Open chapter

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The Terror: A Mystery is presented in 14 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Terror: A Mystery as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 327 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 14 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of The Terror: A Mystery?

Yes. All 1632 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35617 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Terror: A Mystery is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #35617, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Terror: A Mystery take to read?

About 136 minutes of reading across 327 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Terror: A Mystery

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Years
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Turning
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Morning
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Sense
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