The Turnpike House
The Turnpike House by Fergus Hume is available here as the complete text, split into 1198 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Turnpike House by Fergus Hume. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55782.
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The Turnpike House
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- Chapter I The Convict's Return
- Chapter II The Still Form in the House
- Chapter III Young Love, True Love
- Chapter IV A Strange Episode
- Chapter V A Shadow of the Past
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII Hercules and Omphale
- Chapter IX The Embassy of Geoffrey Heron
- Chapter X The Great Secret
- Chapter XI Ruth's Diplomacy
- Chapter XII The Toy Horse
- Chapter XIII Job, the Sapengro
- Chapter XIV The Clairvoyant
- Chapter XV The Punishment of Curiosity
- Chapter XVI Jennie Brawn Makes a Discovery
- Chapter XVII Heron Follows the Trail
- Chapter XVIII The Money-Lender
- Chapter XIX Job Becomes Civilised
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI Ruth Is Comforted
- Chapter XXII At Bay
- Chapter XXIII Still in Doubt
- Chapter XXIV Another Piece of Evidence
- Chapter XXV The Red Pocket-Book
- Chapter XXVI The Penance of Inez
- Chapter XXVII A Doubtful Witness
- Chapter XXVIII The Unexpected Happens
- Chapter XXIX The End of the Turnpike House
- Chapter XXX The Truth at Last
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Project Gutenberg eBook #55782, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Turnpike House take to read?
About 498 minutes of reading across 1198 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Turnpike House
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- Stood
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- Where
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- Roads
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- Met--a
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