Lord Lister No. 0052: De krijgsschat van de Roghi
- Approximate level
- C1
- Length
- 19,573 words
- Reading time
- 1 h 38 min
- Chapters
- 13
- Language
- Dutch
- On Project Gutenberg since
- 2026
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This detective story follows Lord Lister and his companion as they embark on a daring expedition to the Rif region of North Africa. Written in the early twentieth century, the text features classic adventure tropes and dialogue typical of dime novels. For a Dutch learner, the vocabulary is relatively accessible, though the sentence structures are occasionally long and descriptive. You will encounter older spelling conventions and nautical terminology, which provide an interesting challenge for those looking to expand their reading proficiency.
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Subjects
- Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals
- Dime novels -- Periodicals
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