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

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

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THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.
He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.
Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.
What is your idea?” he asked.
I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”
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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIMI have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.
Line 2
He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.
Line 3
Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.
Line 4
What is your idea?” he asked.
Line 5
I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

All words in this reading · 78

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a

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

about

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

an

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

and

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

Anne

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

as

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

asked

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From this reading “What is your idea?” he asked.

background

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

beneficent

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

bring

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

brown

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

but

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

can

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

CAPTAIN

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

cherry

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

cocoon

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

did

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

earlier

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

eat

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

eating

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

enjoying

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

expand

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

expected

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

found

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

fulfilment

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

Gilbert

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

grim

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

guardian

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

had

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

have

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

He

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

herself

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

home

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

hovered

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

I

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

idea

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

if

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

in

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

into

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

is

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From this reading “What is your idea?” he asked.

it

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

JIM

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

just

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

LIFE-BOOK

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

like

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

little

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

magnificent

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

may

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

moth

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

much

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

not

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

OF

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

pie

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

pleasure

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

possibly

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

rather

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

reached

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

returned

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

see

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

sha'n't

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

she

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

spirit

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

Susan

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

Susan's

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

tell

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

than

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

that

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

THE

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

thing

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

till

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

told

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

was

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From this reading He had returned earlier than she had expected, and was enjoying Susan’s cherry pie.

watching

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From this reading Susan herself hovered in the background, like a rather grim but beneficent guardian spirit, and found as much pleasure in watching Gilbert eat pie as he did in eating it.

What

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From this reading “What is your idea?” he asked.

when

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From this reading THE LIFE-BOOK OF CAPTAIN JIM “I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment,” Anne told Gilbert when she reached home.

yet

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

you

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From this reading “I sha’n’t tell you just yet--not till I see if I can bring the thing about.”

your

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From this reading “What is your idea?” he asked.

Chapter 24 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 24 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 24 holds 147 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 24 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 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 24 of Anne's House of Dreams?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 30 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 24 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 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?

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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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Geometry
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Learning
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