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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.
Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.
She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.
Anne felt quite amazed.
Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herselfa motive as old as Eden.
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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.
Line 2
Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.
Line 3
She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.
Line 4
Anne felt quite amazed.
Line 5
Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herselfa motive as old as Eden.

All words in this reading · 70

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a

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

amazed

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From this reading Anne felt quite amazed.

and

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Anne

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From this reading Anne felt quite amazed.

Anne's

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

arraying

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

as

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

asked

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

attend

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

be

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

blossomed

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

could

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Douglas

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

dress

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

economical

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Eden

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

ever

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

feathers

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

felt

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From this reading Anne felt quite amazed.

first

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

found

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

go

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

guilty

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

hat

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

have

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

her

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

herself

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

in

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

it

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Janet

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

Janet's

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

Later

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

leghorn

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

like

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

more

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

motive

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

Mrs

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

muslin

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

night

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

of

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

old

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

On

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

one

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

ostrich

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

out

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

pale-blue

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

pansy-sprinkled

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

pink

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

prayer-meeting

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

quite

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From this reading Anne felt quite amazed.

Road

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

rose

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

roses

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

ruffles

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

She

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

so

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From this reading Later on, she found out Janet’s motive in so arraying herself—a motive as old as Eden.

sojourn

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

supposed

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Tea

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

than

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

that

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From this reading Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting.

the

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

three

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Thursday

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

to

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

Valley

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

white

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

with

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From this reading Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting.

wore

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

would

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From this reading She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it.

Chapter 30 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 30 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 30 holds 97 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 30 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 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 30 of Anne of the Island?

Work through the 20 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 20 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 30 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 30 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.

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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
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.