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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 30 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 335 sentences, grouped into 67 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 30 of Sister Carrie: A Novel contain?

Chapter 30 holds 335 sentences of Sister Carrie: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 30 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 335 sentences, grouped into 67 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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Afternoon
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The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
The day was before hima long day in which to discover somethingand this was how he must begin to discover.
He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 335 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/67 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The next morning he looked over the papers and waded through a long list of advertisements, making a few notes.
Line 2
Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.
Line 3
The day was before hima long day in which to discover somethingand this was how he must begin to discover.
Line 4
He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.
Line 5
One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.
All words in this reading · 65

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a

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advertisements

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and

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arrested

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bakers

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before

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begin

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bushelmen

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but

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cashier

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column

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compositors

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concerned

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cooks

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day

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disagreeable

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discover

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drivers

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eye

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feelings

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few

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finding

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for

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furniture

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he

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him

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his

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house

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how

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in

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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.

like

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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.

list

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long

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looked

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making

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male-help-wanted

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morning

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mostly

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must

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next

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notes

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of

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One

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only

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other

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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.

over

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papers

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salesman

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From this reading One was a cashier wanted in a wholesale furniture house, and the other a salesman for a whiskey house.

scanned

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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.

something

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The

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Then

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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.

things

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this

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through

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to

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turned

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two

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From this reading He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.

waded

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wanted

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was

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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.

which

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From this reading The day was before him—a long day in which to discover something—and this was how he must begin to discover.

whiskey

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wholesale

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with

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From this reading Then he turned to the male-help-wanted column, but with disagreeable feelings.