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The forged coupon, and other stories

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.
The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.
She had two immediate aims before her.
The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.
She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.
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The forged coupon, and other stories

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.
Line 2
The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.
Line 3
She had two immediate aims before her.
Line 4
The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.
Line 5
She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

All words in this reading · 62

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a

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

aims

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From this reading She had two immediate aims before her.

all

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

and

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

arouse

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

as

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

at

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

became

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

been

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

before

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bottom

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Christian

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continual

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

convert

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

convinced

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

divine

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

element

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EROPKIN

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

excitement

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

full

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

good

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

had

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

heart

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

her

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

herself

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

him

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

his

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

immediate

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From this reading She had two immediate aims before her.

in

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

is

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

it

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

joy

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

kind

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

life

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

light

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

LISA

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

lived

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

longer

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

love

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

loved

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

Mahin

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

more

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

nature

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

of

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

one

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

or

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

put

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

revealed

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

right

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

she

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

soul

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

souls

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From this reading She loved him, and the light of her love revealed the divine element in his soul which is at the bottom of all souls.

state

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

that

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

The

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

to

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

true

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

two

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From this reading She had two immediate aims before her.

was

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

way

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From this reading The longer she lived a true Christian life as it had been revealed to her, the more convinced she became that it was the right way, and her heart was full of joy.

which

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From this reading The one was to convert Mahin; or, as she put it to herself, to arouse his true nature, which was good and kind.

XI

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From this reading XI LISA EROPKIN lived in a state of continual excitement.

Chapter 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories contain?

Chapter 11 holds 184 sentences of The forged coupon, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 11 of The forged coupon, and other stories?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 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 11 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 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.

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About 271 minutes of reading across 652 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The forged coupon, and other stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The forged coupon, and other stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Materialism
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Phenomenon
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Spiritual
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Power
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