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Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde holds 316 sentences, grouped into 64 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 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan contain?

Chapter 10 holds 316 sentences of Lady Windermere's Fan, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 316 sentences, grouped into 64 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 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan?

Work through the 64 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 64 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 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 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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Is this the complete text of Lady Windermere's Fan?

Yes. All 3164 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #790 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #790, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Lady Windermere's Fan take to read?

About 263 minutes of reading across 633 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Lady Windermere's Fan

Words and structures a reader meets early in Lady Windermere's Fan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Windermere
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lady Windermere's Fan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Woman
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lady Windermere's Fan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Oscar
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Wilde
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Lady Windermere's Fan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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LORD WINDERMERE.
You fill me with horrorwith absolute horror.
MRS.
ERLYNNE.
[_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.
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Lady Windermere's Fan

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Lady Windermere's Fan is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
LORD WINDERMERE.
Line 2
You fill me with horrorwith absolute horror.
Line 3
MRS.
Line 4
ERLYNNE.
Line 5
[_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.
All words in this reading · 35

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

absolute

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.

as

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

become

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

convent

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

do

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

ERLYNNE

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ERLYNNE.

fill

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.

horror

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.

hospital

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

I

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

in

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

into

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

kind

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

like

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

LORD

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading LORD WINDERMERE.

me

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.

modern

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

MRS

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading MRS.

novels

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

nurse

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

or

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

people

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

retire

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

Rising

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

silly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

something

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

suppose

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

WINDERMERE

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading LORD WINDERMERE.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.

would

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading [_Rising_.] I suppose, Windermere, you would like me to retire into a convent, or become a hospital nurse, or something of that kind, as people do in silly modern novels.

You

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You fill me with horror—with absolute horror.