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Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel: read and explore
The story revolves around Jim Randolph, a partner at a prestigious Wall Street banking…
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- Author
- Thomas William Lawson
- Form
- novel
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Read Friday, the Thirteenth: A NovelPreview the language: Chapter 1
“Friday, the 13th; I thought as much. If Bob has started, there will be hell, but I will see what I can do.” The sound of my voice, as I dropped the receiver, seemed to part the mists of five years and usher me into the world of Then as though it had never passed on. I had been sitting in my office, letting the tape slide through my fingers while its every yard spelled “panic” in a constantly rising …
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- Choose one unfamiliar word. Guess its meaning from the surrounding words, then check a dictionary or discuss it with a reading partner.
- Return to your original question. Explain what the passage answered and what you still need to read to find out.
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