Baboe Dalima; or, The Opium Fiend

Name: Baboe Dalima; or, The Opium Fiend
Author: M. T. H. Perelaer

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CEFR level: B2
Length: 43 chapters
Format: The complete book

About this book

Amid a raging storm on Java's treacherous coast, two men await a mysterious ship rumored to carry a secret cargo. In a hidden hut surrounded by eerie mangroves, danger and intrigue brew beneath the howling wind and towering waves.

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