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Confidence

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Confidence is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Henry James • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 15 of Confidence by Henry James holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 15 holds 146 sentences of Confidence, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of Confidence by Henry James exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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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Now that Gordon was gone, at any rate, gone for good, and not to return, he felt a sudden and singular sense of freedom.
It was a feeling of unbounded expansion, quite out of proportion, as he said to himself, to any assignable cause.
Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty.
It seemed a harmless use to make of it, in the afternoon, to go and pay another visit to the ladies who lived at the confectioner’s.
Here, however, he met a reception which introduced a fresh element of perplexity into the situation that Gordon had left behind him.
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Confidence

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Confidence is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Now that Gordon was gone, at any rate, gone for good, and not to return, he felt a sudden and singular sense of freedom.
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It was a feeling of unbounded expansion, quite out of proportion, as he said to himself, to any assignable cause.
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Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty.
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It seemed a harmless use to make of it, in the afternoon, to go and pay another visit to the ladies who lived at the confectioner’s.
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Here, however, he met a reception which introduced a fresh element of perplexity into the situation that Gordon had left behind him.

Learner Dictionary

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Liberty noun US /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading “Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty.”

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appeared

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assignable

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at

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become

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behind

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confectioner's

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do

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element

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Everything

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expansion

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feeling

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freedom

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go

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Gordon

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had

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harmless

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himself

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his

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in

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introduced

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It

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ladies

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libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading Everything suddenly appeared to have become very optional; but he was quite at a loss what to do with his liberty.

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lived

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loss

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make

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met

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optional

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pay

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reception

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return

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said

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seemed

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situation

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sudden

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suddenly

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that

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the

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unbounded

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use

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visit

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was

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what

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which

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who

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