A Bid for Fortune book summary
A young Australian seeking a holiday becomes caught in the schemes of the mysterious Dr. Nikola. Richard Hatteras falls in love with Phyllis Wetherell, but her father’s dealings with Nikola put their future in danger. A journey to England leads to new friendships, strange disappearances and a pursuit that carries the adventurers back toward Australia and remote islands. Guy Boothby’s Victorian adventure novel combines romance, criminal conspiracy and maritime peril around a villain whose ambitions remain unsettlingly obscure.
A Bid for Fortune at a glance
- Level
- B2
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 234
- Words
- about 87,774
- Unique words
- 7,039
- Estimated reading time
- 6–10 hours
- Formats
- EPUB and PDF
Reading time is an estimate at 150–250 words per minute.
Why this book is useful for B2 English learners
A Bid for Fortune is useful for B2 English learners because it gives you longer passages, richer description, flexible word meanings, idioms, and more natural literary phrasing. As a classic text, it lets you meet vocabulary inside a real reading flow instead of memorizing isolated words.
Vocabulary difficulty
B2 vocabulary can include figurative language, older expressions, topic-specific words, and phrases whose meaning depends on context. Across about 234 pages, Okuzeka helps you slow down only on the words or phrases that block understanding, so the difficulty becomes easier to manage without turning every paragraph into a translation exercise. This makes it a practical B2 vocabulary reading choice.
Recommended reading level
Best for readers who understand normal English texts but still need help with nuance, idioms, and denser sentences. If you are looking for B2 English books, this page gives you the book format, page count, category, and reading tools before you add it to your library.
Most common words in A Bid for Fortune
A Bid for Fortune contains about 87,774 words, 7,039 of them unique. These content words appear most often in the text:
- man×269
- time×200
- see×187
- think×176
- know×161
- door×154
- way×152
- wetherell×152
- tell×151
- room×139
- good×134
- house×127
How to read A Bid for Fortune with Okuzeka
Add A Bid for Fortune to your Okuzeka library, open it in the reader, and tap difficult words while you read. Okuzeka shows meanings in the sentence you are reading, lets you save useful vocabulary as flashcards, and keeps the book available across web, iOS, and Android.
- Add the book to your library.
- Read normally and tap only the words that stop you.
- Save useful words as flashcards for later review.
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A Bid for Fortune FAQ
Is A Bid for Fortune good for B2 English reading practice?
A Bid for Fortune can be used for B2 English reading because you can read the book in Okuzeka, check difficult words in context, and save vocabulary while staying inside the text.
Can I read A Bid for Fortune as an EPUB in Okuzeka?
Yes. A Bid for Fortune is available as an EPUB book in Okuzeka.
Which words appear most often in A Bid for Fortune?
The most frequent content words in the text of A Bid for Fortune are: man, time, see, think, know, door, way, wetherell, tell, room. The book contains about 87,774 words in total, 7,039 of them unique. While reading in Okuzeka you can tap any of these words to see the meaning they have in that sentence.
How long does it take to read A Bid for Fortune?
A Bid for Fortune has about 87,774 words. At a reading speed of 150 to 250 words per minute, that is roughly 6–10 hours of reading. This is an estimate: your own pace, and stopping to look up words, will change it.
Which formats is A Bid for Fortune available in?
A Bid for Fortune is available as EPUB and PDF. Reading it in the Okuzeka web reader, with tap-to-translate and flashcards, needs a free account.
How should I read A Bid for Fortune with Okuzeka?
Read normally first, tap only the words or phrases that stop you, and save the useful ones as flashcards. This keeps EPUB and PDF reading close to real book reading instead of constant dictionary switching.
