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A House of Pomegranates

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And the woman answered him, I am thy mother.’
Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.
I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.
Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’
Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.
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A House of Pomegranates

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’
Line 2
Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.
Line 3
I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.
Line 4
Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’
Line 5
Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

All words in this reading · 54

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a

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am

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

And

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angrily

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answered

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

arms

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

art

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

bare

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

beggar

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

but

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

cried

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

face

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

fell

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

for

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

forest

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

foul

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

get

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held

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

hence

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her

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

him

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

I

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

in

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

indeed

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

knees

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

let

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

little

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

mad

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

me

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

more

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mother

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

my

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

Nay

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no

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

of

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

on

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

out

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

rags

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

say

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

see

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

she

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

so

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

son

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

Star-Child

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

the

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

thee

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

Therefore

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From this reading Therefore get thee hence, and let me see thy foul face no more.’

thine

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

Thou

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

thy

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

to

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From this reading ‘Thou art mad to say so,’ cried the Star-Child angrily.

ugly

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From this reading ‘I am no son of thine, for thou art a beggar, and ugly, and in rags.

whom

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From this reading ‘Nay, but thou art indeed my little son, whom I bare in the forest,’ she cried, and she fell on her knees, and held out her arms to him.

woman

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From this reading And the woman answered him, ‘I am thy mother.’

Chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde holds 160 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates contain?

Chapter 9 holds 160 sentences of A House of Pomegranates, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 160 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 9 of A House of Pomegranates?

Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 32 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 9 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Common questions about reading A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A House of Pomegranates?

Yes. All 1488 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #873 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #873, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A House of Pomegranates take to read?

About 124 minutes of reading across 298 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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