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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 539 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By David Graham Phillips • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 16 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips holds 539 sentences, grouped into 108 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 16 holds 539 sentences of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, unabridged, divided into 108 reading sections.

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ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.
Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.
He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.
Also he wore a somewhat better quality of clothing; but he looked precisely what he was.
Like all the working class above the pauper line, he made a Sunday toilet, the chief features of which were the weekly bath and the weekly clean white shirt.
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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 539 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/108 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.
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Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.
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He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.
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Also he wore a somewhat better quality of clothing; but he looked precisely what he was.
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Like all the working class above the pauper line, he made a Sunday toilet, the chief features of which were the weekly bath and the weekly clean white shirt.
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a

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above

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all

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Also

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and

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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at

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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ate

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bath

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beer

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better

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boss

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business

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but

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changes

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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chief

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cigars

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class

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clean

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clothing

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did

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down

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evenings

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everything

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features

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five-cent

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From this reading He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.

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food

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friends

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from

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garden

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habits

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had

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half-hour

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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have

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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He

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himself

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his

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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hour

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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ignorant

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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in

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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instead

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larger

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From this reading He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.

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Like

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From this reading Like all the working class above the pauper line, he made a Sunday toilet, the chief features of which were the weekly bath and the weekly clean white shirt.

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line

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looked

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lunch

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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made

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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Matson

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Monday

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not

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of

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ON

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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or

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outside

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pauper

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precisely

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From this reading Also he wore a somewhat better quality of clothing; but he looked precisely what he was.

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quality

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From this reading Also he wore a somewhat better quality of clothing; but he looked precisely what he was.

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quantities

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From this reading He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.

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radical

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rather

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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recently

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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see

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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shirt

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smoked

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somewhat

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sprung

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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stint

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From this reading He smoked five-cent cigars instead of "twofurs"; he ate larger quantities of food, did not stint himself in beer or in treating his friends in the evenings down at Wielert's beer garden.

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Sunday

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Susan

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the

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to

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toilet

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too

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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treating

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twofurs

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ventured

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From this reading ON Monday at the lunch hour--or, rather, half-hour--Susan ventured in to see the boss.

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was

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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weekly

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were

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what

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which

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white

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Wielert's

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wore

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working

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From this reading Matson had too recently sprung from the working class and was too ignorant of everything outside his business to have made radical changes in his habits.

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