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The Golden Road
The Golden Road

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Golden Road is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 4 of The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 4 of The Golden Road contain?

Chapter 4 holds 240 sentences of The Golden Road, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 4 of The Golden Road?

Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 48 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 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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 Golden Road

Common questions about reading The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Golden Road?

Yes. All 5247 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #316 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Golden Road is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #316, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Golden Road take to read?

About 437 minutes of reading across 1050 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Golden Road section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Golden Road

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Golden Road, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Thought
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Something
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Amusing
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Winter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Golden Road; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.
Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.
It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.
There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.
But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.
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The Golden Road

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Golden Road is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.
Line 2
Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.
Line 3
It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.
Line 4
There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.
Line 5
But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.
All words in this reading · 80

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

a

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

and

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

apple

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

arcades

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

avenues

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

bare

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

believe

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

between

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

birds

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

blossoms

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

But

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

came

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

cast

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

Christmas

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

crystal

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

delights

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

did

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

drifts

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

dwelt

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

ever

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

fairy-like

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

fallen

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

fragrant

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

had

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

hard

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

have

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

heaped

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

heavy

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

If

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

in

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

It

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

ivory

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

less

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

like

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

Midway

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

moon

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

moonlight

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

music

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

New

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

night

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

no

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

not

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

of

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

old

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

on

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

or

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

orchard

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

our

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

path

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

place

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

return

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

shone

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

sing

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

snowfall

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

snowy

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

so

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

spring

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

summer

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

that

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

the

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

them

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

then

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

There

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

to

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

traceries

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

trees

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

truly

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

two

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From this reading Midway between the two came a heavy snowfall.

upon

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

was

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

we

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

were

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

when

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

where

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

white

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.

winter

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

with

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From this reading There were no birds to sing the music of the moon; and the path where the apple blossoms had fallen were heaped with less fragrant drifts.

wonder

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From this reading But it was a place of wonder on a moonlight night, when the snowy arcades shone like avenues of ivory and crystal, and the bare trees cast fairy-like traceries upon them.

would

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From this reading It was winter in our orchard of old delights then,--so truly winter that it was hard to believe summer had ever dwelt in it, or that spring would ever return to it.

Year

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From this reading If we did not have a white Christmas we had a white New Year.