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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Theodore Dreiser • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 16 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 366 sentences, grouped into 74 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 16 of Sister Carrie: A Novel contain?

Chapter 16 holds 366 sentences of Sister Carrie: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 16 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 366 sentences, grouped into 74 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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Vocabulary met early in Sister Carrie: A Novel

Words and structures a reader meets early in Sister Carrie: A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Caroline
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Meeber
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At last the curtain was ready to go up.
All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the company settled down as the leader of the small, hired orchestra tapped significantly upon his music rack with his baton and began the soft curtain-raising strain.
Hurstwood ceased talking, and went with Drouet and his friend Sagar Morrison around to the box.
“Now, we’ll see how the little girl does,” he said to Drouet, in a tone which no one else could hear.
On the stage, six of the characters had already appeared in the opening parlour scene.
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 366 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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At last the curtain was ready to go up.
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All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the company settled down as the leader of the small, hired orchestra tapped significantly upon his music rack with his baton and began the soft curtain-raising strain.
Line 3
Hurstwood ceased talking, and went with Drouet and his friend Sagar Morrison around to the box.
Line 4
“Now, we’ll see how the little girl does,” he said to Drouet, in a tone which no one else could hear.
Line 5
On the stage, six of the characters had already appeared in the opening parlour scene.
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a

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All

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already

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and

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appeared

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around

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as

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At

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baton

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been

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began

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box

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ceased

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characters

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company

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completed

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could

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curtain

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curtain-raising

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details

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does

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down

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Drouet

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else

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friend

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girl

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go

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had

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he

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hear

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hired

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his

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how

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Hurstwood

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in

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last

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leader

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little

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make-up

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Morrison

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music

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no

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Now

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of

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On

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one

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opening

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orchestra

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parlour

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rack

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ready

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Sagar

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said

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scene

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see

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settled

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significantly

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six

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small

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soft

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stage

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strain

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talking

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tapped

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the

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to

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tone

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up

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upon

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was

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we'll

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went

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which

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with

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From this reading All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the company settled down as the leader of the small, hired orchestra tapped significantly upon his music rack with his baton and began the soft curtain-raising strain.

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