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Herland

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Herland is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Herland

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Herland is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
Line 2
We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
Line 3
I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
Line 4
Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
Line 5
We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Remember verb US /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading “I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.”

All words in this reading · 76

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a

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

about

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

address

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

almost

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

always

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

amateur

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

ambition

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

among

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

and

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

At

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

audiences

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

barbering

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

beard

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

beards

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

began

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

careful

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

choice

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

classes

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

clothes

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

combined

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

costume

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

courteously

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

critical

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

cropped

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

cut

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

degree

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

distinction

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

efforts

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

first

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

free

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

fussy

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

general

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

Girls

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

hair

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

handed

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

Herland

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

him

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

himself

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

his

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

how

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

I

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

in

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

invited

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

last

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

of

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

on

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

our

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

ours

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

part

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

particular

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

please

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

prize

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

rather

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

realized

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/

To recall to mind.

From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

sexless

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

shears

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

so

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

sole

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

sturdy

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

tall

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

Terry

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

Terry's

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

that

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

The

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

their

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

they

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

those

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

time

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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.

to

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

told

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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.

was

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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.

We

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

were

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

with

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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.

women

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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.

Chapter 8 of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman holds 244 sentences, grouped into 49 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 8 of Herland contain?

Chapter 8 holds 244 sentences of Herland, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 244 sentences, grouped into 49 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 8 of Herland?

Work through the 49 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 49 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 8 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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 Herland

Common questions about reading Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Herland?

Yes. All 3232 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #32 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Herland is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #32, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Herland take to read?

About 269 minutes of reading across 647 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Herland section by section

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  2. Read one section

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Vocabulary met early in Herland

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

Written
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Memory
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Unfortunately
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Brought
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