Rodney Stone
Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle is available here as the complete text, split into 937 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #5148.
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Rodney Stone
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III The Play-Actress of Anstey Cross
- Chapter IV The Peace of Amiens
- Chapter V Buck Tregellis
- Chapter VI On the Threshold
- Chapter VII The Hope of England
- Chapter VIII The Brighton Road
- Chapter IX Watier’s
- Chapter X The Men of the Ring
- Chapter XI The Fight in the Coach-House
- Chapter XII The Coffee-Room of Fladong’s
- Chapter XIII Lord Nelson
- Chapter XIV On the Road
- Chapter XV Foul Play
- Chapter XVI Crawley Downs
- Chapter XVII The Ring-Side
- Chapter XVIII The Smith’s Last Battle
- Chapter XIX Cliffe Royal
- Chapter XX Lord Avon
- Chapter XXI The Valet’s Story
- Chapter XXII The End
This edition of Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #5148, divided into 22 chapters and 937 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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Is this the complete text of Rodney Stone?
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Project Gutenberg eBook #5148, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Rodney Stone take to read?
About 390 minutes of reading across 937 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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