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Lover and Husband: A Novel
Lover and Husband: A Novel

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of Lover and Husband: A Novel is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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“O Erd, O Sonne!
O Glück, O Lust!
O Lieb.
O Liebe!
So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”
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Lover and Husband: A Novel

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of Lover and Husband: A Novel is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/68 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“O Erd, O Sonne!
Line 2
O Glück, O Lust!
Line 3
O Lieb.
Line 4
O Liebe!
Line 5
So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Learner Dictionary

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.

golden adjective US /ˈɡoʊldən/

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading “So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.””

Lust noun US /lʌst/

a strong sexual desire

From this reading “O Glück, O Lust!”

All words in this reading · 15

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

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Auf

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From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Erd

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From this reading “O Erd, O Sonne!

Glück

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From this reading O Glück, O Lust!

goldenadjectiveUS /ˈɡoʊldən/

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Höhn

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

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

jenen

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From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Lieb

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From this reading O Lieb.

Liebe

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From this reading O Liebe!

LustnounUS /lʌst/

a strong sexual desire

From this reading O Glück, O Lust!

Morganwolken

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

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

OnounUS /oʊ/

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading “O Erd, O Sonne!

Schön

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

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Sonne

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From this reading “O Erd, O Sonne!

Wie

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

From this reading So golden Schön Wie Morganwolken Auf jenen Höhn.”

Chapter 11 of Lover and Husband: A Novel by Mrs. Molesworth holds 341 sentences, grouped into 69 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.

What does chapter 11 of Lover and Husband: A Novel contain?

Chapter 11 holds 341 sentences of Lover and Husband: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of Lover and Husband: A Novel by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 341 sentences, grouped into 69 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.

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Work through the 69 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #60613, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Lover and Husband: A Novel take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1942 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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