Chapter 2 of Hassan is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Hassan is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself. Come let us tip it out into the street. RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life. Ho, Alder! (Enter ALDER, a young and pretty page.)
Chapter 2 of Hassan is here in full — 459 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
From this reading “Ho, Alder!”
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
From this reading “CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.”
fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
From this reading “RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.”
plural of “grind” — an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
From this reading “RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.”
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.”
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading “RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.”
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
From this reading “CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “Come let us tip it out into the street.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
From this reading Ho, Alder!
Muslim name for the one and only God
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
to come or go into
From this reading (Enter ALDER, a young and pretty page.)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
plural of “grind” — an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Ho, Alder!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
not any; not one
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading (Enter ALDER, a young and pretty page.)
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading (Enter ALDER, a young and pretty page.)
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
act as a barrier between; stand between
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
not in physical motion
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading Come let us tip it out into the street.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CALIPH Our friend has played a trick on us--may Allah separate him from salvation!--and sent up this body in place of himself.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading RAFI (Feeling HASSAN'S pulse) Wait; this man is by no means dead, and the mill of his heart still grinds the flour of life.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading (Enter ALDER, a young and pretty page.)
Chapter 2 of Hassan by James Elroy Flecker holds 459 sentences, grouped into 92 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 2 holds 459 sentences of Hassan, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Hassan by James Elroy Flecker exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 459 sentences, grouped into 92 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.
Work through the 92 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 92 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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.
Common questions about reading Hassan by James Elroy Flecker on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2305 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3834 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #3834, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 192 minutes of reading across 461 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Hassan section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 5 chapters of Hassan to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Hassan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
