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Anne of the Island

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.
It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.
The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.
The idle valleys were full of hazes.
The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.
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Anne of the Island

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillisgarden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.
Line 2
It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.
Line 3
The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.
Line 4
The idle valleys were full of hazes.
Line 5
The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Splendor noun US /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading “The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.”

All words in this reading · 40

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

after

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

afternoon

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

and

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

Anne

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

asters

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

been

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

crept

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

day

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

fields

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

full

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

From this reading The idle valleys were full of hazes.

garden

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

Gillis

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

gone

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

had

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

hazes

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

From this reading The idle valleys were full of hazes.

idle

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

From this reading The idle valleys were full of hazes.

in

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

it

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

lingeringly

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

of

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

From this reading The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.

out-flowering

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

From this reading The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.

pranked

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

purple

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

Ruby

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

shadows

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

sitting

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

smoky

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.

summer

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

Summons

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

The

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

through

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

valleys

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

From this reading The idle valleys were full of hazes.

warm

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

From this reading It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon.

was

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

were

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

From this reading The idle valleys were full of hazes.

with

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

From this reading The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone.

woodways

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

From this reading The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.

world

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

From this reading The world was in a splendor of out-flowering.

Chapter 13 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 13 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 13 holds 180 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 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 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 13 of Anne of the Island?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 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 13 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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

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

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.

How to read Anne of the Island section by section

How to work through Anne of the Island section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

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
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Change
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Harvest
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ended
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of the Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.