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A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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June 26th.
When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.
Since Mother died we have been meeting again.
I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.
Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
June 26th.
Line 2
When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.
Line 3
Since Mother died we have been meeting again.
Line 4
I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.
Line 5
Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

All words in this reading · 51

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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26th

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From this reading June 26th.

again

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

all

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

Alma

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

and

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

another

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

are

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

as

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

Aunt

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

been

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

came

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

died

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

don't

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

Dora

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

Erwin

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

Father

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

fond

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

for

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

hard

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

have

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

her

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

I

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

jackanapes

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

June

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From this reading June 26th.

Just

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

liked

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

Marina

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

meeting

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

Mother

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

much

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

nor

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

not

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

of

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

one

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

particularly

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From this reading Just as Father and Aunt Dora are not particularly fond of one another.

really

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

responsible

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

row

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

she

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

Since

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From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

that

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

the

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

think

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From this reading I don’t think Mother liked Aunt Alma much, nor she her.

time

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

was

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

we

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Since Mother died we have been meeting again.

When

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

who

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

with

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

writing

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

yesterday

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From this reading When I was writing hard yesterday Aunt Alma came with Marina and that jackanapes Erwin who was really responsible for all the row that time.

Chapter 23 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 23 of A Young Girl's Diary contain?

Chapter 23 holds 177 sentences of A Young Girl's Diary, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 23 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 23 of A Young Girl's Diary?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 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 23 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 23 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.

Questions about reading A Young Girl's Diary

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Is this the complete text of A Young Girl's Diary?

Yes. All 5441 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #752 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Young Girl's Diary is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #752, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Young Girl's Diary take to read?

About 453 minutes of reading across 1089 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Young Girl's Diary

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Young Girl's Diary, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Prefaced
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Letter
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Sigmund
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Freud
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