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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel contain?

Chapter 28 holds 230 sentences of Sister Carrie: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel?

Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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How long does Sister Carrie: A Novel take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2568 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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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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Boarded
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Afternoon
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The immediate result of this was nothing.
Results from such things are usually long in growing.
Morning brings a change of feeling.
The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.
It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The immediate result of this was nothing.
Line 2
Results from such things are usually long in growing.
Line 3
Morning brings a change of feeling.
Line 4
The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.
Line 5
It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.
All words in this reading · 38

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a

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From this reading Morning brings a change of feeling.

are

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

at

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

brings

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From this reading Morning brings a change of feeling.

change

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From this reading Morning brings a change of feeling.

condition

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

existent

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

feeling

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From this reading Morning brings a change of feeling.

for

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

from

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

get

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

glimpses

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

growing

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

immediate

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

in

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

invariably

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

is

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

It

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

itself

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

long

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

misery

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

moments

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

Morning

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From this reading Morning brings a change of feeling.

nothing

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

odd

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

of

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

only

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

pleads

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From this reading The existent condition invariably pleads for itself.

result

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

Results

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

such

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

that

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.

The

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

things

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

this

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

usually

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From this reading Results from such things are usually long in growing.

was

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From this reading The immediate result of this was nothing.

we

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From this reading It is only at odd moments that we get glimpses of the misery of things.