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

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.
A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.
Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.
A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.
Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/11 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.
Line 2
A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.
Line 3
Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.
Line 4
A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.
Line 5
Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

Learner Dictionary

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

Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.”

All words in this reading · 62

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a

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

after

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

along

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

an

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

and

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

array

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

behind

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

blurred

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

by

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

cabs

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

cars

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

chapter

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

chrysanthemums

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

clattered

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

coat-enshrouded

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

crowd

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

dealer

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

dozen

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

drivers

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

Electric

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

emptied

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

evening

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

feet

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

flower

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

fro

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

glistening

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

his

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

horses

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

impatiently

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

interminable

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

jangled

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

last

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

lights

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

months

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

nose

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

of

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

or

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

pavements

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

prominent

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

pulled

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

radiance

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

rain-drops

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

roses

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

rows

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

several

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

shed

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

side-street

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

slipping

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

softly

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

storm-swept

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

tapping

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

the

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

theatres

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

three

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From this reading Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm-swept pavements.

to

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

two

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

Upon

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

wares

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From this reading A flower dealer, his feet tapping impatiently, his nose and his wares glistening with rain-drops, stood behind an array of roses and chrysanthemums.

wet

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From this reading Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

whirring

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From this reading Electric lights, whirring softly, shed a blurred radiance.

with

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From this reading A dozen cabs, with coat-enshrouded drivers, clattered to and fro.

Chapter 17 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane holds 55 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 17 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets contain?

Chapter 17 holds 55 sentences of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 17 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 55 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.

How do I study chapter 17 of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets?

Work through the 11 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 11 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 17 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 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.

How long does Maggie: A Girl of the Streets take to read?

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
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.