Chapter 8 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 811 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 811 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy! Hello, Bobby! You shown your face at last? I hope you've come sober." The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
Chapter 8 of The Abandoned Room is here in full — 811 sentences across 163 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/162 · 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.
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
From this reading “The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.”
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading “Hello, Bobby!”
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!”
covered with or smelling of mold
From this reading “The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.”
given to quarreling
From this reading “The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.”
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “You shown your face at last?”
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “I hope you've come sober."”
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.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading Hello, Bobby!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I hope you've come sober."
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading You shown your face at last?
death of a person
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
an expression of greeting
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope you've come sober."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope you've come sober."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
immediately past
From this reading You shown your face at last?
covered with or smelling of mold
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
given to quarreling
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading You shown your face at last?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading I hope you've come sober."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GRAVE "Hello, Katy!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You shown your face at last?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hope you've come sober."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You shown your face at last?
Chapter 8 of The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp holds 811 sentences, grouped into 163 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 8 holds 811 sentences of The Abandoned Room, unabridged, divided into 163 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 811 sentences, grouped into 163 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 163 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 163 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 8 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 The Abandoned Room by Wadsworth Camp on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Abandoned Room section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The Abandoned Room 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 The Abandoned Room, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
