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The Harvester
The Harvester

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Harvester is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.
He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.
Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.
As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.
Belshazzar came at a rush.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Harvester

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Harvester is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.
Line 2
He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.
Line 3
Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.
Line 4
As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.
Line 5
Belshazzar came at a rush.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Shelf noun US /ʃelf/

A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.

From this reading “He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.”

All words in this reading · 57

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a

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

after

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

an

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

and

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

arranged

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

As

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

at

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

away

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

been

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

Belshazzar

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From this reading Belshazzar came at a rush.

box

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

broom

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

but

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

cabin

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

came

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From this reading Belshazzar came at a rush.

candlestick

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

carefully

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

closed

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

convinced

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

door

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

dreaming

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

entered

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

floor

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

for

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

Fully

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

had

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

Harvester

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

he

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

hesitation

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

his

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

in

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

instant

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

knives

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

last

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

neatly

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

on

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

opened

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

order

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

picked

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

placed

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

replaced

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

room

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

rush

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From this reading Belshazzar came at a rush.

second's

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

set

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

shelfnounUS /ʃelf/

A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.

From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

softly

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

sticks

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

swept

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

that

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

the

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

them

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

Then

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From this reading Then he set the room in order and carefully swept the floor.

thought

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

turned

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From this reading He placed them on a shelf and turned away, but after a second's hesitation he closed the box and arranged the sticks neatly.

up

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From this reading Fully convinced at last that he had been dreaming, the Harvester picked up his knives and candlestick and entered the cabin.

whistled

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From this reading As he replaced the broom he thought for an instant, then opened the door and whistled softly.

Chapter 2 of The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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 2 of The Harvester contain?

Chapter 2 holds 300 sentences of The Harvester, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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 2 of The Harvester?

Work through the 60 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 60 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 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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 Harvester

Common questions about reading The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Harvester?

Yes. All 10411 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #349 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Harvester is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #349, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Harvester take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2083 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Harvester section by section

How to work through The Harvester section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 21 chapters of The Harvester to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Harvester

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

Harvester
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Harvester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hollow
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Harvester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hewed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Harvester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stoop
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Harvester; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.