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The Golden Road

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of The Golden Road is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.
But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.
Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.
We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.
We were waiting for Peter and the Story Girl.
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The Golden Road

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of The Golden Road is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.
Line 2
But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.
Line 3
Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.
Line 4
We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.
Line 5
We were waiting for Peter and the Story Girl.

Learner Dictionary

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Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.”

Princess noun US /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading “Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.”

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a

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

afterlight

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

against

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

all

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

an

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

and

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

before

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

Behind

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

branches

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

brimmed

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

But

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

Cecily

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

daisies

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

Dan

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

dark

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

down

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

emerald

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

evening

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Felicity

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Felix

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

for

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From this reading We were waiting for Peter and the Story Girl.

Girl

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

glow

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

grassland

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From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

had

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

hill

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

I

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

in

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

it

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

little

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

looked

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

meadow

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

morning

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

mossy

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

now

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

on

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

one

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

oriel

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

pasture

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Peter

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We were waiting for Peter and the Story Girl.

PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Proud

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Ray

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Roger's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

rose

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

Sara

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

sat

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

shapely

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

sitting

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

sloping

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

spruce

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

star

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

stones

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Story

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

strip

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

sundered

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

sunset

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

tale

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

tall

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

the

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

their

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

through

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

told

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

trees

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

two

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From this reading Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down.

Uncle

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

up

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

us

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

valley

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

Veil

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

waiting

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We were waiting for Peter and the Story Girl.

was

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

we

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

Wedding

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

were

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

where

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From this reading Felicity, and Cecily, Dan, Felix, Sara Ray and I were sitting one evening on the mossy stones in Uncle Roger’s hill pasture, where we had sat the morning the Story Girl told us the tale of the Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

white

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We sat on a little strip of emerald grassland and before us was a sloping meadow all white with daisies.

with

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From this reading But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

Chapter 16 of The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 16 of The Golden Road contain?

Chapter 16 holds 107 sentences of The Golden Road, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 16 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 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 16 of The Golden Road?

Work through the 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 22 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 16 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 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

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Is this the complete text of The Golden Road?

Yes. All 4987 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?

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How long does The Golden Road take to read?

About 415 minutes of reading across 998 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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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
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.
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.