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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Theodore Dreiser • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 26 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 26 holds 394 sentences of Sister Carrie: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.

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Caroline
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Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.
In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.
The rich had not become so conspicuously rich as to drown all moderate incomes in obscurity.
The attention of the inhabitants was not so distracted by local celebrities in the dramatic, artistic, social, and religious fields as to shut the well-positioned man from view.
In Chicago the two roads to distinction were politics and trade.
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.
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In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.
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The rich had not become so conspicuously rich as to drown all moderate incomes in obscurity.
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The attention of the inhabitants was not so distracted by local celebrities in the dramatic, artistic, social, and religious fields as to shut the well-positioned man from view.
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In Chicago the two roads to distinction were politics and trade.
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500,000

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a

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about

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all

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an

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and

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artistic

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as

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attention

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be

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become

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but

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by

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celebrities

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Chicago

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conspicuously

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could

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From this reading Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.

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distinction

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From this reading In Chicago the two roads to distinction were politics and trade.

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distracted

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dramatic

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drop

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drown

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evident

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fields

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from

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had

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he

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Hurstwood

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in

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incomes

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inconspicuous

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inhabitants

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is

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it

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like

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local

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man

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millionaires

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From this reading In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.

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moderate

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New

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not

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From this reading In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.

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numerous

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From this reading In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.

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obscurity

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ocean

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of

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From this reading The attention of the inhabitants was not so distracted by local celebrities in the dramatic, artistic, social, and religious fields as to shut the well-positioned man from view.

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politics

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From this reading In Chicago the two roads to distinction were politics and trade.

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population

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ranged

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religious

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rich

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roads

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shut

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so

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social

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still

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From this reading In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.

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that

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From this reading Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.

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The

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From this reading The rich had not become so conspicuously rich as to drown all moderate incomes in obscurity.

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to

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trade

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From this reading In Chicago the two roads to distinction were politics and trade.

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two

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very

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From this reading Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.

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view

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was

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well-positioned

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were

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From this reading In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous.

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Whatever

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whose

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would

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York

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From this reading Whatever a man like Hurstwood could be in Chicago, it is very evident that he would be but an inconspicuous drop in an ocean like New York.

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