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Roderick Hudson

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.
It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.
If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”
On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.
Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Roderick Hudson

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Roderick Hudson is here in full — 601 sentences across 121 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/120 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.
Line 2
It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.
Line 3
If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”
Line 4
On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.
Line 5
Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

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a

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

absent

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From this reading On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.

according

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

account

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

addressed

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

am

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

and

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

apartment

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Ariosto

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

at

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

better

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

but

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

consisted

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

Corso

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

day

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

days

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

entering

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

first

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

for

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

found

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Frascati

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

Friday

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

friend

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

from

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

gone

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

had

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

he

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Here

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

himself

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

his

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

home

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

I

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

If

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

inn

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

It

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

join

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

letter

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

lines

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

living

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

lodging

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

lying

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

me

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

meditation

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

modest

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Mondragone

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

more

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

much

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

not

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

occupied

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

of

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

on

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

One

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

out

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From this reading On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.

own

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

reading

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

Ripetta

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Roderick

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

Roderick's

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

rooms

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

Rowland

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

spending

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

still

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From this reading On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.

sumptuous

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

table

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

the

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

three

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

to

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

trees

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

under

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

Villa

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From this reading Here he found his friend living at the inn and spending his days, according to his own account, lying under the trees of the Villa Mondragone, reading Ariosto.

was

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From this reading It was from Roderick, and consisted of but three lines: “I am gone to Frascati--for meditation.

went

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From this reading On Friday he was still absent, and Rowland went out to Frascati.

which

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From this reading One day, on entering Roderick’s lodging (not the modest rooms on the Ripetta which he had first occupied, but a much more sumptuous apartment on the Corso), Rowland found a letter on the table addressed to himself.

you

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From this reading If I am not at home on Friday, you had better join me.”

Chapter 6 of Roderick Hudson by Henry James holds 601 sentences, grouped into 121 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 6 of Roderick Hudson contain?

Chapter 6 holds 601 sentences of Roderick Hudson, unabridged, divided into 121 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Roderick Hudson by Henry James exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 601 sentences, grouped into 121 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 6 of Roderick Hudson?

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Can chapter 6 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 1634 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Mallet
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Arrangements
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Europe
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First
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