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

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.
He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.
He will not likely be home till very late.
But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.
It’s too provoking.
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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
OWEN FORD’S CONFESSIONI’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.
Line 2
He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.
Line 3
He will not likely be home till very late.
Line 4
But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.
Line 5
It’s too provoking.

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

accident

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

Allan

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

and

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

Anne

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

at

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

away

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

be

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

before

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

But

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

CONFESSION

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

early

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

enough

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

FORD'S

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

Gilbert

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

Glen

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

go

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

had

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

has

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

He

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

he'd

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

home

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

I'm

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

in

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

is

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

It's

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From this reading It’s too provoking.

late

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

left

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

likely

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

Lyons

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

me

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

met

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

morning

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

not

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

over

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

OWEN

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

provoking

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From this reading It’s too provoking.

said

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

see

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

serious

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

so

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

sorry

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From this reading OWEN FORD’S CONFESSION “I’m so sorry Gilbert is away,” said Anne.

tell

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

the

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

till

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

to

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

told

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

too

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From this reading It’s too provoking.

up

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

very

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

will

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From this reading He will not likely be home till very late.

with

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From this reading “He had to go--Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident.

you

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From this reading But he told me to tell you he’d be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left.

Chapter 26 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 126 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 26 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 26 holds 126 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 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 126 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 26 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 26 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 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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