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The Haunted Bookshop

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Haunted Bookshop is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.
The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.
Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.
Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.
The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Haunted Bookshop

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Haunted Bookshop is here in full — 354 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.
Line 2
The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.
Line 3
Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.
Line 4
Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.
Line 5
The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.”

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1

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

a

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

alcoves

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

all

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

an

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

and

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

any

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

are

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

at

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

be

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

booksellers

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

Bookshop

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

brightness

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

by

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

carry

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

chapter

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

Club

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Cob

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

comfortable

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

conversation

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

Corn

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

curiosity

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

custom

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

customer

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

delightful

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

desk

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

down

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

dropped

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

drowsy

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

eager

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

emotion

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

entering

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

especially

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

evening

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

familiar

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

feels

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

from

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

goad

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

half

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

hard

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

Haunted

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

him

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

his

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

if

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

in

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

it

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

its

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

kindled

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

lamps

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

latter

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

lay

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

lion

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

little

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

man

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

Many

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

may

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

not

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

of

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

omitted

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

on

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

only

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

others

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

passer-by

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

pipe

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

place

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

puffing

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

quick

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

readers

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

reading

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

rear

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

Roger's

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

rows

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

sheer

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

shining

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

sit

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

sleeping

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

started

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

steps

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

street

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

stumble

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

talk

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

that

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

The

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

this

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

though

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

to

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From this reading Roger's custom was to sit at his desk in the rear, puffing his pipe and reading; though if any customer started a conversation, the little man was quick and eager to carry it on.

up

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From this reading The lion of talk lay only sleeping in him; it was not hard to goad it up.

visitors

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

volumes

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

was

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

were

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

when

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

who

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From this reading The Corn Cob Club[1] [1] The latter half of this chapter may be omitted by all readers who are not booksellers.

with

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From this reading The Haunted Bookshop was a delightful place, especially of an evening, when its drowsy alcoves were kindled with the brightness of lamps shining on the rows of volumes.

would

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From this reading Many a passer-by would stumble down the steps from the street in sheer curiosity; others, familiar visitors, dropped in with the same comfortable emotion that a man feels on entering his club.

Chapter 2 of The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley holds 354 sentences, grouped into 71 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 Haunted Bookshop contain?

Chapter 2 holds 354 sentences of The Haunted Bookshop, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in The Haunted Bookshop

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Brooklyn
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Borough
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Superb
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Sunsets
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