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Anne of Green Gables

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Anne of Green Gables is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.
In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.
But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.
Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.
Diana shook her head mournfully.
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Anne of Green Gables

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Anne of Green Gables is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.
Line 2
In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.
Line 3
But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.
Line 4
Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.
Line 5
Diana shook her head mournfully.

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

afternoon

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

and

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

Anne

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

astonishment

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

at

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

beckoning

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

beheld

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

bending

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

Bubble

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

But

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

by

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

countenance

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

dejected

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

Diana

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

Diana's

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

down

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

Dryad's

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

expressive

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

eyes

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

faded

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

flying

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

gasped

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From this reading “Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.

glance

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

happened

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

hasn't

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From this reading “Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.

head

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From this reading Diana shook her head mournfully.

her

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

hollow

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

hope

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

house

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

In

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

kitchen

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

mother

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From this reading “Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.

mournfully

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From this reading Diana shook her head mournfully.

mysteriously

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

next

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

of

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

out

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

over

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

patchwork

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

relented

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From this reading “Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.

saw

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

she

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

shook

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From this reading Diana shook her head mournfully.

struggling

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

THE

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

to

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

trice

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

was

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From this reading In a trice Anne was out of the house and flying down to the hollow, astonishment and hope struggling in her expressive eyes.

when

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From this reading But the hope faded when she saw Diana’s dejected countenance.

window

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From this reading THE next afternoon Anne, bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window, happened to glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad’s Bubble beckoning mysteriously.

Your

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From this reading “Your mother hasn’t relented?” she gasped.

Chapter 17 of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 17 of Anne of Green Gables contain?

Chapter 17 holds 125 sentences of Anne of Green Gables, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 17 of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 17 of Anne of Green Gables?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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 17 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 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 Anne of Green Gables

Common questions about reading Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Anne of Green Gables?

Yes. All 6655 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Anne of Green Gables is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #45, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Anne of Green Gables take to read?

About 554 minutes of reading across 1331 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Anne of Green Gables section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Anne of Green Gables

Words and structures a reader meets early in Anne of Green Gables, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Rachel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of Green Gables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lynde
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Lived
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Where
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