Chapter 17 of Ten Years Later is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Ten Years Later is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains. “Have you heard?” said Mazarin. “Alas! yes, my lord.” “Can he be right? Can all this money be badly acquired?”
Chapter 17 of Ten Years Later is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading “Can all this money be badly acquired?””
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading ““Alas! yes, my lord.””
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading “Can all this money be badly acquired?””
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.”
butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract
From this reading “The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.”
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading “The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.”
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
From this reading “The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.”
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading “The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
gotten through environmental forces
From this reading Can all this money be badly acquired?”
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Alas! yes, my lord.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Can all this money be badly acquired?”
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading Can all this money be badly acquired?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Can he be right?
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can he be right?
butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
plural of “curtain” — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you heard?” said Mazarin.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Can he be right?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Have you heard?” said Mazarin.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Alas! yes, my lord.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you heard?” said Mazarin.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Can all this money be badly acquired?”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Alas! yes, my lord.”
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Can he be right?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Have you heard?” said Mazarin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Donation Colbert reappeared beneath the curtains.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Can all this money be badly acquired?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Alas! yes, my lord.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you heard?” said Mazarin.
Chapter 17 of Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas holds 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
Chapter 17 holds 250 sentences of Ten Years Later, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
Work through the 50 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 50 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 17 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 16052 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1258 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #1258, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 3211 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Ten Years Later section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of Ten Years Later to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Ten Years Later, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
