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The forged coupon, and other stories

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The forged coupon, and other stories is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.
I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.
Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.
She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.
At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The forged coupon, and other stories

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The forged coupon, and other stories is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.
Line 2
I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.
Line 3
Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.
Line 4
She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.
Line 5
At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

All words in this reading · 81

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after

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

am

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

an

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

and

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as

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

at

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

before

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

began

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between

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caressing

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

carriage

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

champagne

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

choose

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closing

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could

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eyes

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

fan

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

feather

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

first

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

for

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

found

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

from

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

gave

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glance

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

glass

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

gloves

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

guess

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

had

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

hand

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

hear

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

held

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

helped

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

her

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

home

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

I

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

in

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

instant

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

into

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

it

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

kind

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

little

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

Looking

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

me

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

merrily

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

mother

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

my

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

night

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

of

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

one

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

out

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

over

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

partners

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

person

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

Pride

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

question

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

quite

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

represented

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

right

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

rim

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

said

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

see

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

she

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

sip

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

supper

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

sweet

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

the

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

these

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

things

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

to

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

took

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

tried

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

two

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

undress

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

voice

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

was

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

went

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

what

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From this reading She tried to guess what kind of person was represented in me, and I could hear her sweet voice as she said, ‘Pride--am I right?’ and merrily gave me her hand.

When

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From this reading “When I went home, and began to undress for the night, I found it quite out of the question.

which

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From this reading I held the little feather out of her fan in my hand, and one of her gloves which she gave me when I helped her into the carriage after her mother.

with

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From this reading At supper she took the first sip from my glass of champagne, looking at me over the rim with her caressing glance.

without

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From this reading Looking at these things, and without closing my eyes I could see her before me as she was for an instant when she had to choose between two partners.

Chapter 13 of The forged coupon, and other stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 185 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 13 of The forged coupon, and other stories contain?

Chapter 13 holds 185 sentences of The forged coupon, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 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 185 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 13 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 13 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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 forged coupon, and other stories

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Yes. All 3257 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #243 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #243, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The forged coupon, and other stories take to read?

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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