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A bird of passage

by B. M. Croker

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics41 chapters
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About this book

In the remote Andaman Islands, an elderly colonel anxiously awaits the arrival of his grown daughter after thirteen years apart, setting the stage for a reunion filled with hope, mystery, and the untamed beauty of this isolated convict settlement.

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Contents

41 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER II. EXPECTATION.
03CHAPTER III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
04CHAPTER IV. MISS DENIS HAS VISITORS.
05CHAPTER V. WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
06CHAPTER VI. QUEEN OF THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
07CHAPTER VII. MR. QUENTIN'S PIANO.
08CHAPTER VIII. "I WAS HIS DEAREST LIZZIE!"
09CHAPTER IX. A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.
10CHAPTER X. MR. LISLE FORGETS HIS DINNER.
11CHAPTER XI. THE FINGER OF FATE!
12CHAPTER XII. THE WRECK.

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