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Adam Bede

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Adam Bede is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Church Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i th dead o the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.
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Adam Bede

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Adam Bede is here in full — 311 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/62 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ChurchHetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?
Line 2
Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded ithdead othe night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must bedizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”
Line 3
Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.
Line 4
And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”
Line 5
Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

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a

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

a'ready

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

after

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

and

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

as

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

at

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

Aunt

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

back

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

be

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Bede's

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

begins

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

below

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

better

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

bonnet

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

but

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

can't

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

Church

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

cold

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

coming

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

dead

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

dizening

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

don't

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

downstairs

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

drownded

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

else

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

enough

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

ever

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

everybody

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

funeral

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

gone

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

good

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

got

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

ground

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

half

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

Have

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

her

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

Hetty

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

him

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

i

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

I'd

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

i'stid

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

I've

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

if

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

in

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

into

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

it's

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

know

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

make

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Mrs

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

must

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

night

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

nothing

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

o

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

of

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

old

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

on

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

one

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

one's

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

plain

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

poor

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Poyser

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

put

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

ready

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

run

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

said

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

shawl

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

so

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

soon

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

stand

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

standing

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From this reading Hetty was coming downstairs, and Mrs. Poyser, in her plain bonnet and shawl, was standing below.

still

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

such

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

Sunday

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

th

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

the

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

there

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Thias

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

things

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

think

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

this

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

to

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Totty's

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

two

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

was

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

wedding

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Well

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

when

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From this reading “Well, Aunt,” said Hetty, “I can’t be ready so soon as everybody else, when I’ve got Totty’s things to put on.

work

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From this reading And I’d ever such work to make her stand still.”

you

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From this reading Church “Hetty, Hetty, don’t you know church begins at two, and it’s gone half after one a’ready?

yourself

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From this reading Have you got nothing better to think on this good Sunday as poor old Thias Bede’s to be put into the ground, and him drownded i’ th’ dead o’ the night, as it’s enough to make one’s back run cold, but you must be ’dizening yourself as if there was a wedding i’stid of a funeral?”

Chapter 12 of Adam Bede by George Eliot holds 311 sentences, grouped into 63 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 12 of Adam Bede contain?

Chapter 12 holds 311 sentences of Adam Bede, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 of Adam Bede by George Eliot exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 311 sentences, grouped into 63 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 12 of Adam Bede?

Work through the 63 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 63 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 12 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 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 Adam Bede

Common questions about reading Adam Bede by George Eliot on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Adam Bede?

Yes. All 8627 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #507 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Adam Bede is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #507, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Adam Bede take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1726 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Adam Bede section by section

How to work through Adam Bede section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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    Choose one of the 36 chapters of Adam Bede to begin.

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Vocabulary met early in Adam Bede

Words and structures a reader meets early in Adam Bede, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Workshop
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Adam Bede; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Single
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Adam Bede; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mirror
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Adam Bede; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Egyptian
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Adam Bede; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.