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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.
The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.
The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.
A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.
Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.
Line 2
The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.
Line 3
The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.
Line 4
A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.
Line 5
Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

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.

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.”

All words in this reading · 51

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

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a

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

From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

and

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

annihilate

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

bar

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

Behind

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

bronze

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

building

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

called

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

ceiling

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

corner

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

counterfeit

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

create

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

down

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

enter

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

extended

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

glare

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

glass-fronted

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

great

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

imitation

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

in

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

interior

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

it

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

leather

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

mahogany-appearing

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

massiveness

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

mouth

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

of

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

olive

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

On

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

or

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

papered

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

From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

passengers

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

pavements

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

place

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

rage

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

reached

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

room

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

From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

saloon

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

seductively

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From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

shed

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

shining

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

side

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From this reading A shining bar of counterfeit massiveness extended down the side of the room.

sideboard

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From this reading Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.

sorrow

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

From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

the

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

tints

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

to

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

From this reading The open mouth of a saloon called seductively to passengers to enter and annihilate sorrow or create rage.

upon

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

From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

was

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From this reading The interior of the place was papered in olive and bronze tints of imitation leather.

yellow

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From this reading On a corner a glass-fronted building shed a yellow glare upon the pavements.

Chapter 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets contain?

Chapter 11 holds 165 sentences of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 11 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets?

Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 33 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.

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

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About 157 minutes of reading across 378 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Words and structures a reader meets early in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stood
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gravel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Honor
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