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Anne's House of Dreams
Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CAPTAIN JIM Old Doctor Dave and Mrs. Doctor Dave had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.
Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.
I’m so glad to see you, dear.
You must be real tired.
We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.
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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CAPTAIN JIMOld Doctor DaveandMrs. Doctor Davehad come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.
Line 2
Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.
Line 3
I’m so glad to see you, dear.
Line 4
You must be real tired.
Line 5
We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

All words in this reading · 57

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a

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

and

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

Anne

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

at

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

be

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From this reading You must be real tired.

big

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

bite

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

bride

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

brought

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

CAPTAIN

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

come

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

Dave

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

dear

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

Doctor

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

down

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

fellow

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

figuratively

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

for

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

glad

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

got

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

greet

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

groom

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

had

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

heart

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

her

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

house

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

I'm

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

JIM

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

jolly

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

lady

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

literally

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

little

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

Mrs

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

must

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From this reading You must be real tired.

of

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

Old

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

once

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

ready

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

real

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From this reading You must be real tired.

rosy-cheeked

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

see

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

silver-haired

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

so

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

some

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

supper

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

the

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

tired

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From this reading You must be real tired.

to

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM “Old Doctor Dave” and “Mrs. Doctor Dave” had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom.

took

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

trim

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

trout

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

up

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

was

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

We've

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From this reading We’ve got a bite of supper ready, and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you.

white-whiskered

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

who

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From this reading Doctor Dave was a big, jolly, white-whiskered old fellow, and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked, silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart, literally and figuratively.

you

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From this reading “I’m so glad to see you, dear.

Chapter 6 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 6 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 6 holds 129 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 6 of Anne's House of Dreams?

Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 26 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 6 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 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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Is this the complete text of Anne's House of Dreams?

Yes. All 5529 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #544 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #544, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 460 minutes of reading across 1106 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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