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

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.
In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.
Leslie!” cried Anne in amazement.
Where have you sprung from?
We never knew you were coming.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.
Line 2
In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.
Line 3
Leslie!” cried Anne in amazement.
Line 4
Where have you sprung from?
Line 5
We never knew you were coming.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.”

All words in this reading · 47

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

A

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

amazement

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

From this reading “Leslie!” cried Anne in amazement.

and

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

Anne

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From this reading “Leslie!” cried Anne in amazement.

Anne's

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

appeared

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

bitter

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

came

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

coming

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

From this reading We never knew you were coming.

cried

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From this reading “Leslie!” cried Anne in amazement.

fields

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

fortnight

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

from

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From this reading “Where have you sprung from?

garden

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

ghost-like

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

had

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

have

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From this reading “Where have you sprung from?

home

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

house

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

In

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

June

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

knew

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From this reading We never knew you were coming.

later

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

LESLIE

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

many

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

Moore

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

never

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From this reading We never knew you were coming.

old

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

over

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

RETURNS

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

scented

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From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

she

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

so

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From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

spent

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

sprung

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

From this reading “Where have you sprung from?

suddenness

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

the

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

to

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

twilight

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

We

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

From this reading We never knew you were coming.

went

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

were

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

From this reading We never knew you were coming.

where

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

with

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

From this reading In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne’s, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.

years

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

From this reading LESLIE RETURNS A fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years.

you

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

From this reading “Where have you sprung from?

Chapter 33 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 33 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 33 holds 121 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 33 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 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 33 of Anne's House of Dreams?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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 33 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 33 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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