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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

“I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 102 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Line 2

Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

Line 3

In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

Line 4

Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

Line 5

“I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

Learner Dictionary

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Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.”

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an

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

and

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Anne

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

at

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

been

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

body

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

by

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

chilly

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

dancing

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

drifted

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

east

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

evening

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

feet

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

fire

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

firelight

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

for

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Gables

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Green

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

growing

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

grown

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

had

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

have

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

hour

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

I

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

I'm

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

in

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

kitchen

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

knitting

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

late

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

least

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

many

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

Marilla

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

night

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

of

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

old

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

olden

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

over

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

Return

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

roaming

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

said

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

shadows

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

she

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

should

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

sitting

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From this reading Marilla was sitting by the fire—at least, in body.

spent

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

spirit

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

Spring

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

subtly

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

suppose

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From this reading “I suppose I’m growing old,” she said.

sweet

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

The

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

thought

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

through

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

thus

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

to

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

twins

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

voices

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

walls

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

was

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

ways

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

were

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

when

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From this reading Of late Marilla had thus spent many an hour, when she thought she should have been knitting for the twins.

window

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From this reading Spring and Anne Return to Green Gables The firelight shadows were dancing over the kitchen walls at Green Gables, for the spring evening was chilly; through the open east window drifted in the subtly sweet voices of the night.

with

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

young

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From this reading In spirit she was roaming olden ways, with feet grown young.

Chapter 21 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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 21 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 21 holds 102 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 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 102 sentences, grouped into 21 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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Work through the 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 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: 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.
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