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The Europeans

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Europeans is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Henry James • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The first sunday that followed Robert Acton’s return from Newport witnessed a change in the brilliant weather that had long prevailed.

The rain began to fall and the day was cold and dreary.

Mr. Wentworth and his daughters put on overshoes and went to church, and Felix Young, without overshoes, went also, holding an umbrella over Gertrude.

It is to be feared that, in the whole observance, this was the privilege he most highly valued.

The Baroness remained at home; she was in neither a cheerful nor a devotional mood.

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The Europeans

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Europeans is here in full — 368 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The first sunday that followed Robert Acton’s return from Newport witnessed a change in the brilliant weather that had long prevailed.

Line 2

The rain began to fall and the day was cold and dreary.

Line 3

Mr. Wentworth and his daughters put on overshoes and went to church, and Felix Young, without overshoes, went also, holding an umbrella over Gertrude.

Line 4

It is to be feared that, in the whole observance, this was the privilege he most highly valued.

Line 5

The Baroness remained at home; she was in neither a cheerful nor a devotional mood.

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a

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Acton's

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also

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an

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and

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at

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From this reading The Baroness remained at home; she was in neither a cheerful nor a devotional mood.

Baroness

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be

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began

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brilliant

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change

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cheerful

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church

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cold

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daughters

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day

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devotional

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dreary

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fall

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feared

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Felix

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first

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followed

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from

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Gertrude

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had

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he

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highly

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his

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holding

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home

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in

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is

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It

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long

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mood

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most

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Mr

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neither

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Newport

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nor

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observance

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on

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over

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overshoes

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prevailed

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privilege

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put

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rain

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remained

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return

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Robert

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she

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sunday

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that

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The

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this

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to

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umbrella

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valued

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was

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weather

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went

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Wentworth

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whole

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without

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witnessed

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Young

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Chapter 10 of The Europeans by Henry James holds 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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.

What does chapter 10 of The Europeans contain?

Chapter 10 holds 368 sentences of The Europeans, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of The Europeans by Henry James exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 368 sentences, grouped into 74 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.

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