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

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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LESLIE MOORE I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.
There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.
Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.
Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.
She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.
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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LESLIE MOOREI’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.
Line 2
There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.
Line 3
Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.
Line 4
Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.
Line 5
She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Learner Dictionary

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.”

Tonight adverb US /təˈnaɪt/

On the present night.

From this reading “LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.”

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a

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

all

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

and

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

Anne

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

anyone

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

been

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

beginning

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

best

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

boulders

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

brought

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

but

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

by

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

Captain

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

caves

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

clear

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

cliffs

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

conscience

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

could

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

coves

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Cuthbert

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

delightful

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

domain

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

dreams

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

else

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

evening

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

expect

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

felt

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

for

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

gad

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

gentle

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Gilbert

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

glittered

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Gog

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

going

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

gone

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

had

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

harbor

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

her

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

herself

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

hied

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

I'm

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

in

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

it

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

its

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Jim

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

LESLIE

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

life

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

little

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

loved

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

Magog

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

Many

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

Marilla

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

misty

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

MOORE

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

new

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

no

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

October

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

of

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

one

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

order

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

outside

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

over

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

From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

own

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

pebbles

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

piles

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

poignantly-sweet

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

pools

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

rainbows

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

rambles

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

rock

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

sand

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

she

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

shore

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

From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

shoreward

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

silvery

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

sometimes

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

span

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

speckless

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

surf-worn

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

tell

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

that

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

the

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

their

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

There

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

this

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

thoughts

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

to

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

told

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

tonightadverbUS /təˈnaɪt/

On the present night.

From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

under

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

up

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

walk

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From this reading LESLIE MOORE “I’m going for a walk to the outside shore tonight,” Anne told Gog and Magog one October evening.

was

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From this reading There was no one else to tell, for Gilbert had gone over the harbor.

were

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From this reading Many and delightful had been her shore rambles, sometimes with Gilbert, sometimes with Captain Jim, sometimes alone with her own thoughts and new, poignantly-sweet dreams that were beginning to span life with their rainbows.

where

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

wind-haunted

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From this reading She loved the gentle, misty harbor shore and the silvery, wind-haunted sand shore, but best of all she loved the rock shore, with its cliffs and caves and piles of surf-worn boulders, and its coves where the pebbles glittered under the pools; and it was to this shore she hied herself tonight.

with

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

would

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From this reading Anne had her little domain in the speckless order one would expect of anyone brought up by Marilla Cuthbert, and felt that she could gad shoreward with a clear conscience.

Chapter 10 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 10 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 10 holds 173 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 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 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 10 of Anne's House of Dreams?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 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's House of Dreams

Common questions about reading Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery on this page, its source edition and its audio.

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.

Which edition of Anne's House of Dreams is used?

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

How long does Anne's House of Dreams take to read?

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

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Vocabulary met early in Anne's House of Dreams

Words and structures a reader meets early in Anne's House of Dreams, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

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