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Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Dear Enemy is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Jean Webster • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 18 of Dear Enemy by Jean Webster holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 18 of Dear Enemy contain?

Chapter 18 holds 193 sentences of Dear Enemy, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Dear Enemy by Jean Webster exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 18 of Dear Enemy?

Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 39 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 18 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 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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Common questions about reading Dear Enemy by Jean Webster on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Dear Enemy?

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Which edition of Dear Enemy is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #238, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Dear Enemy take to read?

About 345 minutes of reading across 830 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dear Enemy

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

December
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Letter
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Twice
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Amazement
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Context Illustration Reading 1/39 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
I seem to have a very wandering pen.
To return: I saw you off, and took the ferry back to New York with a horribly empty feeling.
After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.
My ferry slid right under the nose of your steamer, and I could see you and Jervis plainly leaning on the rail.
I waved frantically, but you never blinked an eyelash.
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Dear Enemy

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Dear Enemy is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I seem to have a very wandering pen.
Line 2
To return: I saw you off, and took the ferry back to New York with a horribly empty feeling.
Line 3
After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.
Line 4
My ferry slid right under the nose of your steamer, and I could see you and Jervis plainly leaning on the rail.
Line 5
I waved frantically, but you never blinked an eyelash.
All words in this reading · 65

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a

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After

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an

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and

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back

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blinked

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bottom

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but

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continent

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could

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empty

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eyelash

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feeling

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ferry

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frantically

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gossipy

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have

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horribly

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I

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in

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intimate

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it

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Jervis

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From this reading My ferry slid right under the nose of your steamer, and I could see you and Jervis plainly leaning on the rail.

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leaning

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months

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my

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never

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New

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nose

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of

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off

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on

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our

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pen

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plainly

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rail

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reach

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From this reading After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.

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return

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From this reading To return: I saw you off, and took the ferry back to New York with a horribly empty feeling.

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right

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saw

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see

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seem

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seems

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slid

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From this reading My ferry slid right under the nose of your steamer, and I could see you and Jervis plainly leaning on the rail.

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steamer

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task

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From this reading After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.

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tell

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terrible

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From this reading After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.

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that

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From this reading After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.

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the

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From this reading To return: I saw you off, and took the ferry back to New York with a horribly empty feeling.

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three

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From this reading After our intimate, gossipy three months together, it seems a terrible task to tell you my troubles in tones that will reach to the bottom of the continent.

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to

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together

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tones

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took

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troubles

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under

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very

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wandering

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waved

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will

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with

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York

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you

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your

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From this reading My ferry slid right under the nose of your steamer, and I could see you and Jervis plainly leaning on the rail.

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