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Under the Tiger's Claws

Under the Tiger's Claws by Nicholas (House name) Carter is available here as the complete text, split into 667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Nicholas (House name) Carter19 chapters

Under the Tiger's Claws by Nicholas (House name) Carter. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65790.

19 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 19 chapters

Course Syllabus

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Under the Tiger's Claws

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0 of 656 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Where Tides Meet 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Friend in Need 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V A Turn of Luck 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Startling Sequence 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Wages of Sin 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII By Whose Hand? 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X A Mysterious Disappearance 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI New Clues 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Driven to the Wall 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Nick Calls the Turn 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Two Bad Eggs 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Trapped 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Girl and the Crime 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Closing In 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Right Man 51 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Under the Tiger's Claws by Nicholas (House name) Carter carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #65790, divided into 19 chapters and 667 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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How is Under the Tiger's Claws divided for reading?

Under the Tiger's Claws is presented in 19 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Under the Tiger's Claws as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 667 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 19 chapters.

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Every sentence of Under the Tiger's Claws 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 Under the Tiger's Claws?

Yes. All 3331 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65790 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Under the Tiger's Claws is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #65790, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Under the Tiger's Claws take to read?

About 277 minutes of reading across 667 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Under the Tiger's Claws

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Magnet
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Library
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Weekly
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Publication
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