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Colonel Starbottle's Client
by Bret Harte
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Yes — read Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte in English: the complete original text, with tap-to-translate on every word, audio narration, and saved vocabulary. Its CEFR level is C1. Start with a free sample.
- CEFR level
- C1
- Length
- 18 chapters
- Format
- The complete book
About this book
About this book
In the blazing heat of Rough and Ready, a fiery lawyer known as Colonel Starbottle prepares for a peculiar client’s case rooted in a deadly quarrel. When a morose stranger arrives with a confession and a tangled past, legal battle and old loyalties collide.
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Contents
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