Chapter IV
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of Madame Chrysanthème is here in full — 478 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Itsôôts! Moûts'! Nanâts! Yâts! Kokonôts!"
Madame Chrysanthème
Chapter IV · Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of Madame Chrysanthème is here in full — 478 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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"Itsôôts!
Moûts'!
Nanâts!
Yâts!
Kokonôts!"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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Madame Chrysanthème
Chapter IV · Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of Madame Chrysanthème is here in full — 478 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/95 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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"Itsôôts!
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Moûts'!
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Nanâts!
Line 4
Yâts!
Line 5
Kokonôts!"
Learner Dictionary
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
All words in this reading · 5
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Itsôôts
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From this reading "Itsôôts!
Kokonôts
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From this reading Kokonôts!"
Moûts
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From this reading Moûts'!
Nanâts
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From this reading Nanâts!
Yâts
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From this reading Yâts!
Chapter 4 of Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti holds 478 sentences, grouped into 96 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 4 of Madame Chrysanthème contain?
Chapter 4 holds 478 sentences of Madame Chrysanthème, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 478 sentences, grouped into 96 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 4 of Madame Chrysanthème?
Work through the 96 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 96 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 4 be read aloud to me?
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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 Madame Chrysanthème
Common questions about reading Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Madame Chrysanthème?
Yes. All 1923 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #15335 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Madame Chrysanthème is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #15335, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Madame Chrysanthème take to read?
About 160 minutes of reading across 385 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Madame Chrysanthème section by section
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Vocabulary met early in Madame Chrysanthème
Words and structures a reader meets early in Madame Chrysanthème, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Manufactured
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Madame Chrysanthème; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- United
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Madame Chrysanthème; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- States
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- America
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Madame Chrysanthème; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.