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The Harvester
The Harvester

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Harvester is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.
Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.
Then followed July herbs.
He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.
It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Harvester

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Harvester is here in full — 492 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/98 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.
Line 2
Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.
Line 3
Then followed July herbs.
Line 4
He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.
Line 5
It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

All words in this reading · 85

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a

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

all

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

alum

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

amount

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

an

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

and

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

at

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

barks

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

be

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

because

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

bed

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

beds

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

began

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

bloom

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

but

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

cabin

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

came

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

carefully

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

carrying

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

collect

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

couch

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

damp

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

deftly

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

dried

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

earlier

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

exquisite

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

first

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

flower

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

flowering

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

followed

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From this reading Then followed July herbs.

foxglove

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

from

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

grass

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

half

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

Harvester

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

hastily

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

he

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

herbs

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

his

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

in

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

into

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

It

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

July

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From this reading Then followed July herbs.

lavender

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

lay

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

leaves

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

location

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

making

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

neglected

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

Next

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

of

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

only

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

order

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

packed

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

paid

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

pale

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

picture

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

roots

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

second

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

set

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

shaded

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

should

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

so

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

soapwort

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

stalks

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

store-room

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

stripped

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

tall

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

tender

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

that

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

The

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

their

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

them

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

then

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From this reading The Harvester set the neglected cabin in order; then he carefully and deftly packed all his dried herbs, barks, and roots.

those

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

time

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

to

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

two

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

usually

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

wanted

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From this reading It paid to collect those leaves, so the Harvester hastily stripped the amount he wanted.

weeks

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

went

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

were

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

wild

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From this reading Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room.

year

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From this reading He first went to his beds of foxglove, because the tender leaves of the second year should be stripped from them at flowering time, and that usually began two weeks earlier; but his bed lay in a shaded, damp location and the tall bloom stalks were only in half flower, their pale lavender making an exquisite picture.

Chapter 8 of The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter holds 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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 8 of The Harvester contain?

Chapter 8 holds 492 sentences of The Harvester, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 492 sentences, grouped into 99 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 8 of The Harvester?

Work through the 99 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 99 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 8 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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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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?

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How long does The Harvester take to read?

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

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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.