Chapter 28 of Man and Wife is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter 28 of Man and Wife is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that! Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?” “Nothing.” There was a pause. Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
Chapter 28 of Man and Wife is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
dearly loved
From this reading ““Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!”
apart from; not including
From this reading “Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?””
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?””
a polite name for any woman
From this reading ““Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “There was a pause.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?””
past form of “toy” — behave carelessly or indifferently
From this reading “Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was a pause.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
apart from; not including
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
and nothing more
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
a form of address for a man
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
a handheld collapsible source of shade
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading There was a pause.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Dear Lady Lundie, it’s not that!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a pause.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
past form of “toy” — behave carelessly or indifferently
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a pause.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Glenarm toyed hesitatingly with her parasol.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you heard nothing about Mr. Brinkworth except what you have just told me?”
Chapter 28 of Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Chapter 28 holds 410 sentences of Man and Wife, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 28 of Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 28 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.
Common questions about reading Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 16495 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1586 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #1586, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 3299 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Man and Wife section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of Man and Wife to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Man and Wife, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
