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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery • Curated US English Learning Edition

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CAPTAIN JIM CROSSES THE BAR One day in late September Owen Ford’s book came at last.

Captain Jim had gone faithfully to the Glen post office every day for a month, expecting it.

This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

“We’ll take it down to him this evening,” said Anne, excited as a schoolgirl.

The long walk to the Point on that clear, beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant.

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Chapter XXXIX Reading 1/15

Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

CAPTAIN JIM CROSSES THE BAR One day in late September Owen Ford’s book came at last.

Line 2

Captain Jim had gone faithfully to the Glen post office every day for a month, expecting it.

Line 3

This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

Line 4

“We’ll take it down to him this evening,” said Anne, excited as a schoolgirl.

Line 5

The long walk to the Point on that clear, beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant.

All words in this reading · 65

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a

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along

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From this reading The long walk to the Point on that clear, beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant.

and

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From this reading This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

Anne

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From this reading “We’ll take it down to him this evening,” said Anne, excited as a schoolgirl.

Anne's

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From this reading This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

as

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at

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM CROSSES THE BAR One day in late September Owen Ford’s book came at last.

BAR

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beguiling

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book

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brought

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came

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CAPTAIN

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clear

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copy

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CROSSES

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day

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down

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evening

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every

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excited

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expecting

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faithfully

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for

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Ford's

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Glen

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gone

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had

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harbor

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he

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hers

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him

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his

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home

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in

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it

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JIM

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last

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late

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Leslie

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long

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month

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not

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office

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on

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One

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Owen

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pleasant

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Point

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post

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red

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From this reading The long walk to the Point on that clear, beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant.

road

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said

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From this reading “We’ll take it down to him this evening,” said Anne, excited as a schoolgirl.

schoolgirl

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September

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take

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that

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THE

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From this reading CAPTAIN JIM CROSSES THE BAR One day in late September Owen Ford’s book came at last.

This

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From this reading This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

to

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very

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From this reading The long walk to the Point on that clear, beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant.

walk

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was

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We'll

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From this reading “We’ll take it down to him this evening,” said Anne, excited as a schoolgirl.

with

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From this reading This day he had not gone, and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne’s.

Chapter 39 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 39 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 39 holds 78 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 39 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 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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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