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Ponkapog Papers

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Ponkapog Papers is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.
The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.
In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.
Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.
The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.
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Ponkapog Papers

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Ponkapog Papers is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.
Line 2
The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.
Line 3
In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.
Line 4
Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.
Line 5
The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

Learner Dictionary

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Exact adjective US /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading “In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.”

All words in this reading · 60

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a

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

add

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

akin

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

amusing

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

an

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

and

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

are

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

art

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

be

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

bore

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

cases

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

Chinese

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

Facts

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

fellow

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

fiction

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

frequently

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

he

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

him

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

his

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

in

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

into

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

introduces

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

let

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

life

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

made

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

must

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

necessarily

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

new

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

nine

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

not

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

nothing

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

novel

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

novelist

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

of

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

old

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

on

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

out

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

patch

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perpetuated

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prove

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

reader

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

real

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

realistic

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

reproduction

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

seems

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

sometimes

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tailor

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tedious

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

ten

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From this reading In nine cases out of ten an exact reproduction of real life would prove tedious.

that

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

the

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

they

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

to

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

trousers

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

valuable

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From this reading Facts are not necessarily valuable, and frequently they add nothing to fiction.

WHEN

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From this reading WHEN the novelist introduces a bore into his novel he must not let him bore the reader.

which

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

who

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From this reading The art of the realistic novelist sometimes seems akin to that of the Chinese tailor who perpetuated the old patch on the new trousers.

would

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From this reading The fellow must be made amusing, which he would not be in real life.

Chapter 3 of Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 3 of Ponkapog Papers contain?

Chapter 3 holds 150 sentences of Ponkapog Papers, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 3 of Ponkapog Papers?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 30 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 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 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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Common questions about reading Ponkapog Papers by Thomas Bailey Aldrich on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Ponkapog Papers?

Yes. All 1324 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #625 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #625, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Ponkapog Papers take to read?

About 110 minutes of reading across 265 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Ponkapog Papers

Words and structures a reader meets early in Ponkapog Papers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

These
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Miscellaneous
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Notes
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Essays
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