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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.
Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.
Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.
That's boy nature.”
So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.
Line 2
Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.
Line 3
Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.
Line 4
That's boy nature.”
Line 5
So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

Learner Dictionary

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

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.”

All words in this reading · 56

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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about

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

amiable

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

amuse

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

and

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

be

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

boy

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From this reading That's boy nature.”

boy's

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

did

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

enough

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

exactly

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

fill

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

find

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

forget

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

Give

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

had

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

have

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

having

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

he'll

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

him

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

his

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

in

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

it

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

lord

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

mother

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

much

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

my

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

nature

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From this reading That's boy nature.”

no

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

not

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

object

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

other

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

own

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

particular

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

perhaps

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

please

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

quickly

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

rooms

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

said

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

seem

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

shall

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

So

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

That's

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From this reading That's boy nature.”

things

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

this

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

to

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

toys

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

trouble

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

truly

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

very

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

view

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From this reading So, perhaps, having had this truly amiable object in view, it did not please him so very much to find it did not seem to be exactly this particular boy's nature.

way

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

we

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From this reading Amuse him, and fill his mind with other things, and we shall have no trouble.

what

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

will

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From this reading “Give him what will amuse him, and he'll forget about his mother quickly enough.

with

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From this reading “Give him his own way, and fill his rooms with toys,” my lord had said.

Chapter 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy contain?

Chapter 9 holds 184 sentences of Little Lord Fauntleroy, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 9 of Little Lord Fauntleroy?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 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 9 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 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 Little Lord Fauntleroy

Common questions about reading Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Little Lord Fauntleroy?

Yes. All 3133 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #479 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Little Lord Fauntleroy is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #479, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Little Lord Fauntleroy take to read?

About 261 minutes of reading across 627 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Little Lord Fauntleroy section by section

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  1. Open a chapter

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Vocabulary met early in Little Lord Fauntleroy

Words and structures a reader meets early in Little Lord Fauntleroy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Cedric
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Lord Fauntleroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Himself
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Lord Fauntleroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Nothing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Lord Fauntleroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Whatever
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Little Lord Fauntleroy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.