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The Fifth of November
The Fifth of November

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of The Fifth of November is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 8 of The Fifth of November by Charles S. (Charles Sylvester) Bentley holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

What does chapter 8 of The Fifth of November contain?

Chapter 8 holds 171 sentences of The Fifth of November, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of The Fifth of November by Charles S. (Charles Sylvester) Bentley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

How do I study chapter 8 of The Fifth of November?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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.

Can chapter 8 be read aloud to me?

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.

Questions about reading The Fifth of November

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Is this the complete text of The Fifth of November?

Yes. All 2847 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30490 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Fifth of November is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #30490, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Fifth of November take to read?

About 237 minutes of reading across 570 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Fifth of November

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Fifth of November, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Fifth
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Fifth of November; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
November
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Romance
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Stuarts
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THE VISCOUNT EFFINGSTON.
Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.
Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.
The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.
The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Fifth of November

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of The Fifth of November is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE VISCOUNT EFFINGSTON.
Line 2
Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.
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Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.
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The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.
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The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

Learner Dictionary

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, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.”

Toward preposition US /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading “The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.”

All words in this reading · 62

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

all

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

aristocrat

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

artistic

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

bring

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

brow

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

clad

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

combined

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

completeness

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

contour

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

denoting

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

desk

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

EFFINGSTON

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From this reading THE VISCOUNT EFFINGSTON.

elder

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

engaged

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

entered

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

fashion

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

features

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

find

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

fine

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

furnishings

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

graceful

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

harmonious

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

just

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

Lord

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

luxurious

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

man

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

Monteagle

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

other

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

proportion

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

Rare

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

rich

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

room

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

sat

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

son

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From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

strong

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

style

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

sumptuousness

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

tall

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE VISCOUNT EFFINGSTON.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

troubled

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

VISCOUNT

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From this reading THE VISCOUNT EFFINGSTON.

walked

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

Wealth

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From this reading Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Rare and luxurious were the furnishings of a room in which we find Lord Monteagle and his son.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

window

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From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The elder, who had just entered, walked with troubled brow toward the window.

writing

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From this reading The other, tall and strong, with features of fine proportion and graceful contour, clad in a style denoting the aristocrat and man of fashion, sat at a desk engaged in writing.