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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Stephen Crane • Curated US English Learning Edition

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In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

She returned attired in less gown, and sang again.

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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

Line 2

A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

Line 3

A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

Line 4

When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

Line 5

She returned attired in less gown, and sang again.

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a

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again

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and

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applauded

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at

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attired

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From this reading She returned attired in less gown, and sang again.

ballad

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

baton

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

beer

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

bobs

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

brass

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

by

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

dictated

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

dress

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

drinking

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

flaming

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

followed

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front

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frowsy

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glasses

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gown

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hair

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hall

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

head

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his

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In

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industriously

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

inevitable

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irregular

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less

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From this reading She returned attired in less gown, and sang again.

loudly

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

Maggie

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man

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

men

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near

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of

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

orchestra

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

Pete

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

polished

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pounding

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returned

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From this reading She returned attired in less gown, and sang again.

sang

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

sat

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

scarlet

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seated

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shape

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From this reading In a hall of irregular shape sat Pete and Maggie drinking beer.

she

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

singer

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

spectacled

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

submissive

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

suit

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

tables

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

the

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

their

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

to

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From this reading A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.

vanished

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

voice

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From this reading A ballad singer, in a dress of flaming scarlet, sang in the inevitable voice of brass.

waves

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When

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with

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wood

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From this reading When she vanished, men seated at the tables near the front applauded loudly, pounding the polished wood with their beer glasses.

Chapter 12 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 12 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets contain?

Chapter 12 holds 54 sentences of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 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 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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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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.
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