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Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Kate Chopin • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories Kate Chopin

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Chapter III

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part. At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky. She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead. But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence. At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

Line 2

At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

Line 3

She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

Line 4

But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

Line 5

At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

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a

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across

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

affections

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

age

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

and

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another

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any

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

at

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

been

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

black

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But

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From this reading But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

by

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

causing

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

cavalry

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

could

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

deeply

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

dignified

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

disturbed

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

early

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

Edna

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

enamored

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

engaged

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

existence

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From this reading But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

eyes

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

face

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

failing

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

father

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

forehead

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

from

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

gentleman

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

grass

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

had

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

hair

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

he

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

her

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

his

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

imperceptibly

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From this reading But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

in

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

inwardly

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

it

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

Kentucky

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

lady

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

leave

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

like

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

lock

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

manifestation

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

melted

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From this reading But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

Napoleon's

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

neighboring

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

nor

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

not

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

ocean

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

of

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

officer

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

often

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

on

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

one

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

or

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

out

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From this reading But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

outward

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

part

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

passionately

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

perhaps

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

plantation

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

presence

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

propensity

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

remembered

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

remove

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

sad-eyed

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

she

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

show

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

something

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

sometimes

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

that

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

the

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

there

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

time

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

traversed

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

very

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

visited

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

was

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

waving

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

were

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

when

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

which

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

who

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From this reading At a very early age—perhaps it was when she traversed the ocean of waving grass—she remembered that she had been passionately enamored of a dignified and sad-eyed cavalry officer who visited her father in Kentucky.

with

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From this reading She could not leave his presence when he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead.

without

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

wondered

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From this reading Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.

young

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From this reading At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

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