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The House of Whispers

The House of Whispers by William Le Queux is available here as the complete text, split into 1015 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

William Le Queux38 chapters

The House of Whispers by William Le Queux. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #10718.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The House of Whispers

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  1. Chapter I 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The House of Whispers by William Le Queux carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #10718, divided into 38 chapters and 1015 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 House of Whispers is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The House of Whispers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1015 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 38 chapters.

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Every sentence of The House of Whispers 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 The House of Whispers?

Yes. All 5072 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10718 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The House of Whispers is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #10718, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The House of Whispers take to read?

About 422 minutes of reading across 1015 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The House of Whispers

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Perthshire
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Whispers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Castles
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Whispers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Plainly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Whispers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Declare
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Whispers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.