Lord Lister No. 0032: De blauwe dood
- Approximate level
- C1
- Length
- 17,268 words
- Reading time
- 1 h 26 min
- Chapters
- 11
- Language
- Dutch
- On Project Gutenberg since
- 2025
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This detective story from the early twentieth century follows the adventures of Lord Lister and his secretary. The language reflects the style of dime novels from that era, featuring descriptive prose and formal sentence structures. You will encounter vocabulary related to mystery, travel, and social settings. The sentences are moderately long, which provides a good opportunity to practice following complex narrative threads. It is a straightforward read for those who enjoy classic crime fiction and want to improve their Dutch reading skills.
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Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals
- Dime novels -- Periodicals
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About 1 h 26 min at a native pace, spread over 11 chapters. In a foreign language plan for more: half an hour a day finishes a book of this size in a few weeks.
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