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Clotelle

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Clotelle is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.
Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.
Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.
He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.
Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being fleeced in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.
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Clotelle

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Clotelle is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/8 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.
Line 2
Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.
Line 3
Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.
Line 4
He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.
Line 5
Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on beingfleecedin travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

All words in this reading · 70

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a

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

after

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

Albion

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

Although

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

and

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

arrival

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

as

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

at

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

being

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

bill

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

Britain

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

Brown's

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

but

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

cab

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

called

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

charges

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

Clayton

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

counts

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

custom-house

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

days

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

departure

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

determined

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

dirty

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

employment

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

especially

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

expected

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

falling

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

Finding

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

fleeced

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

for

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

found

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

four

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

generally

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

go

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

Great

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

he

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

her

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

his

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

Hotel

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

in

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

interior

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

into

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

Jerome

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

larger

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

left

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

Liverpool

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

made

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

no

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

of

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

Old

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

on

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

Passing

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

pavements

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

proceeded

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

rain

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

ready

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

seek

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

Square

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

stranger

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

than

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

THE

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

therefore

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From this reading He, therefore, called for his bill, and made ready for his departure.

through

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

to

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

took

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From this reading Passing the custom-house, he took a cab, and proceeded to Brown's Hotel, Clayton Square.

travelling

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

vessel

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

was

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From this reading THE rain was falling on the dirty pavements of Liverpool as Jerome left the vessel after her arrival.

work

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From this reading Finding no employment in Liverpool, Jerome determined to go into the interior and seek for work.

World

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From this reading Although but four days at the Albion, he found the hotel charges larger than he expected; but a stranger generally counts on being “fleeced” in travelling through the Old World, and especially in Great Britain.

Chapter 29 of Clotelle by William Wells Brown holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 29 of Clotelle contain?

Chapter 29 holds 44 sentences of Clotelle, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 29 of Clotelle by William Wells Brown exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 29 of Clotelle?

Work through the 9 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 9 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 29 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 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.

Questions about reading Clotelle

Common questions about reading Clotelle by William Wells Brown on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Clotelle?

Yes. All 2012 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #241 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Clotelle is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #241, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Clotelle take to read?

About 167 minutes of reading across 403 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Clotelle section by section

How to work through Clotelle section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in Clotelle

Words and structures a reader meets early in Clotelle, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Years
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clotelle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
South
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clotelle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Noted
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clotelle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Beautiful
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Clotelle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.