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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins · 1868
82%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
197,309words in the book
8,960different words
5,969beyond the core

Ranked #12 of 32 — easiest first.

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The private difference between my cousin and me took its rise in a great public event in which we were both concerned—the storming of Seringapatam, under General Baird, on the 4th of May, 1799. In order that the circumstances may be clearly understood, I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of…

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