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Anne of the Island

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Gilbert Speaks This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.
Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.
Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.
It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, but to some people it has been a wonderful day.
Some one has been rapturously happy in it.
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Anne of the Island

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Gilbert SpeaksThis has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.
Line 2
Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.
Line 3
Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.
Line 4
It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.
Line 5
Some one has been rapturously happy in it.

All words in this reading · 54

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

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a

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

Anne

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From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

been

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

but

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

cats

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

day

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

Dickens

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From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

dispossessed

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

dull

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

examinations

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From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

exceedingly

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

for

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

from

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From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

Gilbert

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

happy

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From this reading Some one has been rapturously happy in it.

has

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

having

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

herself

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

idly

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

in

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From this reading Some one has been rapturously happy in it.

indignant

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

It

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

looked

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From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

Now

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From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

on

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

one

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From this reading Some one has been rapturously happy in it.

over

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From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

Papers

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From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

people

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

Phil

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

Pickwick

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From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

previously

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

prosy

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

rapturously

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From this reading Some one has been rapturously happy in it.

said

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

she

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From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

sofa

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

some

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

Speaks

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

spring

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

stretching

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

that

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

the

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

From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

This

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

From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

thoughtfully

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

From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

to

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

treating

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

two

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

up

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

From this reading Anne looked up from _Pickwick Papers_.

us

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From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

was

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

were

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

From this reading Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens.

wonderful

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

From this reading “It has been a prosy day for us,” she said thoughtfully, “but to some people it has been a wonderful day.

yawned

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From this reading Gilbert Speaks “This has been a dull, prosy day,” yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats.

Chapter 19 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 19 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 19 holds 146 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 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 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 19 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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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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