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Anne of the Island
Anne of the Island

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.
Anne had hoped for a fine day.
Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.
But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.
Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.
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Anne of the Island

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.
Line 2
Anne had hoped for a fine day.
Line 3
Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.
Line 4
But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.
Line 5
Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

Learner Dictionary

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Prophecy noun US /ˈprɒf.ə.si/

A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.

From this reading “But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.”

Shadowing noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ.ɪŋ/

An advanced language learning technique where a student repeats speech immediately after hearing it.

From this reading “Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.”

All words in this reading · 79

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a

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

against

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

an

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

and

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

Anne

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

around

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Avonlea

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

awoke

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

be

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

bed

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Blythe

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

But

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Charlie

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

day

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

Diana

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

dim

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

dreary

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

drive

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

east

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Farewell

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

find

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

fine

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

following

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

for

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

fulfilled

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Gables

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Gilbert

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

gray

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

Green

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Greeting

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

had

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

her

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

hidden

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

hills

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

hoped

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From this reading Anne had hoped for a fine day.

in

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

last

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

left

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

mist

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

moaning

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

From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

Monday

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

morning

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

night

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

From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

ominous

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

one

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

pattering

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

pleasant

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

pond's

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

prophecynounUS /ˈprɒf.ə.si/

A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.

From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

raindrops

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

From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

rings

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

sea

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

seemed

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

shadowingnounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ.ɪŋ/

An advanced language learning technique where a student repeats speech immediately after hearing it.

From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

Shirley

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

Sloane

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

some

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

station

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

Sunday

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

surface

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

the

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From this reading Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane, Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning.

their

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

they

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

this

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

time

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

to

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

together

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

wanted

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

was

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From this reading Diana was to drive her to the station and they wanted this, their last drive together for some time, to be a pleasant one.

went

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

were

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

when

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

which

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

whole

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

widening

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

wind

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

window

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

with

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From this reading But when Anne went to bed Sunday night the east wind was moaning around Green Gables with an ominous prophecy which was fulfilled in the morning.

world

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From this reading Anne awoke to find raindrops pattering against her window and shadowing the pond’s gray surface with widening rings; hills and sea were hidden in mist, and the whole world seemed dim and dreary.

Chapter 3 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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 3 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 3 holds 132 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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 3 of Anne of the Island?

Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 27 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 3 be read aloud to me?

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.

Questions about reading Anne of the Island

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Is this the complete text of Anne of the Island?

Yes. All 5679 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #51 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Anne of the Island is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #51, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Anne of the Island take to read?

About 473 minutes of reading across 1136 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Anne of the Island

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

Shadow
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Change
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Harvest
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Ended
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