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Clotelle

Chapter XXXIV · Chapter 34

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THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.
The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.
I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.
The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.
I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.
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Clotelle

Chapter XXXIV · Chapter 34

Chapter 34 of Clotelle is here in full — 75 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.
Line 2
The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.
Line 3
I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.
Line 4
The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.
Line 5
I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

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a

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

accidentally

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

adjoining

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

among

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

an

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

and

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

as

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

at

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

back

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

been

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

borders

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

broke

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

came

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

Clotelle

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

clouds

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

crag

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

day

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

did

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

during

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

extinguished

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

extreme

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

faint

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

fell

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

Ferney

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

first

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

flashes

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

for

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

foretold

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

from

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

Geneva

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

grew

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

groans

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

had

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

heard

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

heavy

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

hills

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

hotel

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

I

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

in

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

indicating

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

issuing

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

Jerome

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

Lake

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

lamp

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

last

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

leap

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

Leman

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

lightening

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

like

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

little

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

louder

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

mountain

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

much

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

night

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

not

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

of

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

on

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

pain

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

peals

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

person

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

plainly

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

rain

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

relighting

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

retired

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

reverberating

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

room

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

said

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

seemed

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

she

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

skirted

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

sky

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

some

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

sounds

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

storm

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

suffering

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

surrounding

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

that

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

THE

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

this

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

thunder

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

to

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

torrents

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

town

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From this reading THE clouds that had skirted the sky during the day broke at last, and the rain fell in torrents, as Jerome and Clotelle retired for the night, in the little town of Ferney, on the borders of Lake Leman.

vivid

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

was

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From this reading The sounds, at first faint, grew louder and louder, plainly indicating that some person was suffering extreme pain.

we

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

were

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

when

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From this reading “I did not like this hotel, much, when we came in,” said Jerome, relighting the lamp, which had been accidentally extinguished.

which

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From this reading The peals of thunder, and flashes of vivid lightening, which seemed to leap from mountain to mountain and from crag to crag, reverberating among the surrounding hills, foretold a heavy storm.

would

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From this reading “I would we were back at Geneva,” said Clotelle, as she heard groans issuing from an adjoining room.

Chapter 34 of Clotelle by William Wells Brown holds 75 sentences, grouped into 15 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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Vocabulary met early in Clotelle

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

Years
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South
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Noted
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Beautiful
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