Chapter 3 of An Outcast of the Islands is here in full — 1449 sentences across 290 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of An Outcast of the Islands is here in full — 1449 sentences across 290 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER ONE “Yes! Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough. A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things. A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you. Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.
Chapter 3 of An Outcast of the Islands is here in full — 1449 sentences across 290 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.”
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From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
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From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
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From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHAPTER ONE “Yes!
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From this reading Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHAPTER ONE “Yes!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cat, dog, anything that can scratch or bite; as long as it is harmful enough and mangy enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Never mind the consequences--to the poor devil.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHAPTER ONE “Yes!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sick tiger would make you happy--of all things.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A half-dead tiger that you could weep over and palm upon some poor devil in your power, to tend and nurse for you.
Chapter 3 of An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad holds 1449 sentences, grouped into 290 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 3 holds 1449 sentences of An Outcast of the Islands, unabridged, divided into 290 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1449 sentences, grouped into 290 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 290 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 290 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 3 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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How to work through An Outcast of the Islands section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in An Outcast of the Islands, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
