Chapter 28 of A Woman Perfected is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter 28 of A Woman Perfected is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason. As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous! One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man." Mr. Clifford admitted that it was. "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
Chapter 28 of A Woman Perfected is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.”
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading “TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.”
provoking horror
From this reading “"While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."”
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading “TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.”
third-person singular of “involve” — connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading “"While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."”
past form of “postpone” — hold back to a later time
From this reading “TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.”
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading “As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!”
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading “TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
the day of a wedding
In this reading “One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."”
In this reading “As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading Mr. Clifford admitted that it was.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
divisible by two
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
provoking horror
From this reading "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
third-person singular of “involve” — connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Clifford admitted that it was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
a form of address for a man
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
past form of “postpone” — hold back to a later time
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
inspiring scornful pity
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. Clifford admitted that it was.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading As she said to Mr. Clifford-- "It's really too ridiculous!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading One's wedding day is an occasion of some importance, even to a man."
during the time that
From this reading "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
in the company of; together with
From this reading TO BE--OR NOT TO BE--POSTPONED Daisy Ross was annoyed, almost indignant, and with reason.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "While to a woman it involves a frightful strain."
Chapter 28 of A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 28 holds 164 sentences of A Woman Perfected, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 28 of A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 33 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 28 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.
Common questions about reading A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5408 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38181 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #38181, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 450 minutes of reading across 1082 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Woman Perfected section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 35 chapters of A Woman Perfected to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Woman Perfected, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
