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The Financier: A Novel

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of The Financier: A Novel is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

The influences which brought about this result were partly of his willing, and partly not.

For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

The conduct of Aileen had been a great strain on him.

From the time Cowperwood had been sentenced, and more particularly after the time he had cried on Aileen’s shoulder in prison, she had turned on her father in an almost brutal way.

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Chapter XXXIX

Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of The Financier: A Novel is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge. The influences which brought about this result were partly of his willing, and partly not. For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home. The conduct of Aileen had been a great strain on him. From the time Cowperwood had been sentenced, and more particularly after the time he had cried on Aileen’s shoulder in prison, she had turned on her father in an almost brutal way.

The Financier: A Novel

Chapter XXXIX · Chapter 39

Chapter 39 of The Financier: A Novel is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

Line 2

The influences which brought about this result were partly of his willing, and partly not.

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For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

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The conduct of Aileen had been a great strain on him.

Line 5

From the time Cowperwood had been sentenced, and more particularly after the time he had cried on Aileen’s shoulder in prison, she had turned on her father in an almost brutal way.

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about

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after

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Aileen

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Aileen's

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almost

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an

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and

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at

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From this reading For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

been

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brought

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brutal

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Butler

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chair

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conduct

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Cowperwood

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cried

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day

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died

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discharge

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Eastern

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Edward

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entry

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exactly

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expired

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father

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For

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from

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From this reading The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

great

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had

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he

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From this reading From the time Cowperwood had been sentenced, and more particularly after the time he had cried on Aileen’s shoulder in prison, she had turned on her father in an almost brutal way.

her

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him

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his

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From this reading The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

home

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in

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incarceration

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influences

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Malia

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months

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more

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not

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of

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office

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on

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one

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From this reading For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

particularly

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partly

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Penitentiary

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From this reading The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

Pennsylvania

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prison

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private

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From this reading For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

result

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sentenced

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she

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shoulder

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sitting

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six

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some

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From this reading For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

spent

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From this reading The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

strain

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From this reading The conduct of Aileen had been a great strain on him.

that

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From this reading The time that Cowperwood spent in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania was exactly thirteen months from the day of his entry to his discharge.

The

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thing

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From this reading For one thing, some six months after his incarceration, Edward Malia Butler died, expired sitting in his chair in his private office at his home.

thirteen

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this

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time

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to

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turned

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was

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way

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were

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which

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willing

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Chapter 39 of The Financier: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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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