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

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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ODDS AND ENDS I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.
The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.
It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.
The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.
It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.
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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ODDS AND ENDSI’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.
Line 2
The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.
Line 3
It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.
Line 4
The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.
Line 5
It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading ““It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.”

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a

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

all

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

always

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

AND

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

Anne

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

Anne's

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

been

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

black

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

but

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

clung

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

columns

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

Cornelia

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

couple

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

Daily

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

day

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

days

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

dead

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

dour

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

down

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

dreams

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

drenched

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

ENDS

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

Enterprise

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

every

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

felt

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

ferns

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

firelight

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

gay

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

geraniums

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

guests

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

had

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

harbor

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

has

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

her

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

here

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

house

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

I

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

I've

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

It

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

It's

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

laying

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

leaves

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

Leslie

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

line

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

little

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

lying

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

Miss

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

notices

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

November

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

obituaries

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

obituary

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

ODDS

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

of

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

one

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

quoth

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

read

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

reading

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

run

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

said

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

seems

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

sewing

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

sills

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

sky

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

sodden

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

spring-like

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

sullen

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

summer

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

taking

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

that

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

the

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

them

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From this reading “It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line.

these

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From this reading “The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days,” quoth Miss Cornelia.

to

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

under

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

up

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From this reading ODDS AND ENDS “I’ve been reading obituary notices,” said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.

was

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

were

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

wet

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

who

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From this reading “It’s always summer here, Anne,” Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.

window

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

with

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From this reading The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne’s ferns and geraniums.

Chapter 28 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

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Chapter 28 holds 166 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 28 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 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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.

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