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The trail of the serpent

by M. E. Braddon

Level C1 · AdvancedMystery56 chapters
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About this book

On a bleak, rain-soaked November day in the town of Slopperton, the respectable schoolmaster Jabez North faces unsettling thoughts and dark whispers from the weather and his past, hinting at secrets lurking beneath his pious exterior.

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Contents

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

02THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT
03Book the First.
04CHAPTER I. THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER.
05CHAPTER II. GOOD FOR NOTHING.
06CHAPTER III. THE USHER WASHES HIS HANDS.
07CHAPTER IV. RICHARD MARWOOD LIGHTS HIS PIPE.
08CHAPTER V. THE HEALING WATERS.
09CHAPTER VI. TWO CORONER’S INQUESTS.
10CHAPTER VII. THE DUMB DETECTIVE A PHILANTHROPIST.
11CHAPTER VIII. SEVEN LETTERS ON THE DIRTY ALPHABET.
12CHAPTER IX. “MAD, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.”

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