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Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Of Human Bondage is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 30 of Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.

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Chapter 30 holds 421 sentences of Of Human Bondage, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 30 of Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 3374 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Of Human Bondage

Words and structures a reader meets early in Of Human Bondage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Human
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Bondage
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Somerset
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Maugham
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LXXXIX
The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.
Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.
Gaily he asked them what they had learned.
Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.
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Of Human Bondage

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Of Human Bondage is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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LXXXIX
Line 2
The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.
Line 3
Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.
Line 4
Gaily he asked them what they had learned.
Line 5
Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.
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a

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

amuse

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

and

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

Andersen's

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

appeared

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

asked

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

Athelny

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

back

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

began

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

between

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

broken

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

by

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

came

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

children

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

clatter

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

coming

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

conversation

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

door

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

father

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

for

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

from

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

Gaily

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

got

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

had

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

Hans

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

he

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

her

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

in

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

instructions

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

into

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

laughter

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

learned

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

LXXXIX

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From this reading LXXXIX

moment

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

mother

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

of

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

one

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

opened

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

Philip

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

ready

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

Sally

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

school

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

she

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

shouting

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

stairs

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

stories

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

Sunday

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

tea

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

tell

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

that

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

The

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

them

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

they

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.

to

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

up

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

was

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From this reading The conversation between Philip and Athelny was broken into by a clatter up the stairs.

what

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From this reading Gaily he asked them what they had learned.

while

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From this reading Sally appeared for a moment, with instructions from her mother that father was to amuse the children while she got tea ready; and Athelny began to tell them one of Hans Andersen’s stories.

with

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From this reading Athelny opened the door for the children coming back from Sunday school, and with laughter and shouting they came in.