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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Love Takes Up the Glass of Time I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.
Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”
Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.
Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, but I really can’t, Gilbert.
I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.
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Anne of the Island

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of Anne of the Island is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Love Takes Up the Glass of TimeI’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods andover hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.
Line 2
Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”
Line 3
Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.
Line 4
Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.
Line 5
I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

All words in this reading · 75

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 Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

afternoon

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Alice

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

and

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Anne

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

around

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

ask

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

blankly

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

but

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

can't

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

come

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

coming

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

corner

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

could

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

evening

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

filmy

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

for

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

full

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

garden

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

Gilbert

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Glass

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

go

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

going

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

Gray's

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

green

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

grow

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

her

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

Hester

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

hills

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

I

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

I'm

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

I've

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

know

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

lap

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

looked

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

Love

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

of

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

old-time

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

on

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

one

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

our

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

over

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

pale

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

Penhallow's

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

porch

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

rambles

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

rather

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

really

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

said

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

September

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

she

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

From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

sitting

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

slowly

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

spices

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

step

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

From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

stone

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

stuff

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

suddenly

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Suppose

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

Takes

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

the

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

this

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

through

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Time

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

to

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Up

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

visit

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

we

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From this reading “Suppose we visit Hester Gray’s garden.”

wedding

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From this reading I’m going to Alice Penhallow’s wedding this evening, you know.

where

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

wish

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From this reading “Oh, I wish I could,” she said slowly, “but I really can’t, Gilbert.

with

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From this reading Anne, sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale, filmy, green stuff, looked up rather blankly.

woods

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

you

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From this reading Love Takes Up the Glass of Time “I’ve come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ‘over hills where spices grow,’ this afternoon,” said Gilbert, coming suddenly around the porch corner.

Chapter 39 of Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 39 of Anne of the Island contain?

Chapter 39 holds 121 sentences of Anne of the Island, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 39 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 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 39 of Anne of the Island?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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 39 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 39 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

    Choose one of the 39 chapters of Anne of the Island to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  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.