Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES “To the man who loves art for its own sake,” remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of _The Daily Telegraph_, “it is frequently in its least import
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“‘And my duties, sir? I should be glad to know what they would be.’ “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old. Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack! smack!
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
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From this reading “‘And my duties, sir?
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From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
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From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
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From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘And my duties, sir?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘And my duties, sir?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘And my duties, sir?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Smack! smack! smack!
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From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I should be glad to know what they would be.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “‘One child—one dear little romper just six years old.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper!
Use these questions to verify literal comprehension before continuing to the next chapter.
What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Case 12: The Adventure of the Copper Beeches?
Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?
According to the text: "XII....", what tone does the author establish?
Repeat the selected source lines aloud to practice rhythm, stress, and clear US English pronunciation.
Chapter 13 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle holds 502 sentences, grouped into 101 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.
Chapter 13 holds 502 sentences of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 502 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 101 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 13 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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