Chapter 12 of An ideal husband is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of An ideal husband is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN. [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough. I insist on going into this room. You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me? LORD GORING.
Chapter 12 of An ideal husband is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
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From this reading SIR ROBERT CHILTERN.
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From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
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From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
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From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
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From this reading I insist on going into this room.
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From this reading LORD GORING.
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From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I insist on going into this room.
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From this reading I insist on going into this room.
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From this reading I insist on going into this room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LORD GORING.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I insist on going into this room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR ROBERT CHILTERN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIR ROBERT CHILTERN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I insist on going into this room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [_Rushes to the door of the room_.] It is not enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You have told me there is no one there, so what reason can you have for refusing me?
Chapter 12 of An ideal husband by Oscar Wilde holds 302 sentences, grouped into 61 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.
Chapter 12 holds 302 sentences of An ideal husband, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of An ideal husband by Oscar Wilde exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 302 sentences, grouped into 61 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 61 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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