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Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Aspern Papers is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Henry James • Curated US English Learning Edition

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I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

“They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

“She’s dead!”

I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

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The Aspern Papers

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Aspern Papers is here in full — 170 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

Line 2

He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

Line 3

“They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

Line 4

“She’s dead!”

Line 5

I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

All words in this reading · 67

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a

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

about

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

abruptly

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

almost

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

an

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

and

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

as

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

at

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

be

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

but

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

dead

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From this reading “She’s dead!”

different

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

earth

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

exclaimed

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

faced

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

from

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

giving

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

grinned

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

had

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

hall

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

have

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

He

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

head

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

her

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

him

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

his

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

house

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

I

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

if

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

in

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

into

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

knew

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

la

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

look

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

lower

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

me

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

meet

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

my

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

news

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

not

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

out

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

pleased

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

poked

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

put

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

reached

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

said

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

servant

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

She's

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From this reading “She’s dead!”

should

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

shouldered

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

so

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

station

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

telegraphed

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

that

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

the

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

therefore

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

They

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

to

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From this reading I had faced about so abruptly that I had not telegraphed to my servant.

upper

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

valise

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

vecchia

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

very

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From this reading I exclaimed, giving him a very different look.

was

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

when

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

while

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

window

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From this reading He was therefore not at the station to meet me, but he poked out his head from an upper window when I reached the house.

winked

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From this reading “They have put her into the earth, la vecchia,” he said to me in the lower hall, while he shouldered my valise; and he grinned and almost winked, as if he knew I should be pleased at the news.

Chapter 10 of The Aspern Papers by Henry James holds 170 sentences, grouped into 34 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 10 holds 170 sentences of The Aspern Papers, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

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