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The Haunted Bookshop

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Haunted Bookshop is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.
Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.
It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.
His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.
As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."
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The Haunted Bookshop

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Haunted Bookshop is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.
Line 2
Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.
Line 3
It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.
Line 4
His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.
Line 5
As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

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.

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.”

All words in this reading · 94

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

agreeable

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

aloud

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

and

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

any

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

aquarium

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

as

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Aubrey

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

back

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

badly

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

be

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

bookseller

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

Bookshop

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

break

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

but

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

chapters

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

choice

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

clear

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

cold

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

conscious

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

decent

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

delightful

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

disillusion

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

downhill

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

evening

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

fashion

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

feared

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

felt

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

flunked

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

full

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

Gilbert

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

had

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

Haunted

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

have

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

From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

he

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

Henry

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

his

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

From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

Home

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

homeward

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

impromptu

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

in

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

From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

inside

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

instinctively

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

From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

is

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

From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

It

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

From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

left

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Luggage

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

making

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

managed

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

Manhattan

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

meditations

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

most

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

Mr

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

night

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

O

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

of

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

From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

on

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

From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

one

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

out

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

outwardly

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

Part

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

permit

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

preserve

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

puts

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

From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

quizzing

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

rapidly

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

rather

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

read

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

From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

Rest

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Rides

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

rippling

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

roaring

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

set

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Somebody's

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

From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

stories

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

stream

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

From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

subway

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

swimming

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

than

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

that

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

The

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

to

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

unexpectedness

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From this reading As O. Henry puts it in one of his most delightful stories: "He was outwardly decent and managed to preserve his aquarium, but inside he was impromptu and full of unexpectedness."

unfettered

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From this reading His mind was swimming rapidly in the agreeable, unfettered fashion of a stream rippling downhill.

upon

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

very

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

walk

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Walks

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

was

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

Way

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From this reading Aubrey Walks Part Way Home--and Rides The Rest of the Way It was a cold, clear night as Mr. Aubrey Gilbert left the Haunted Bookshop that evening, and set out to walk homeward.

which

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From this reading It is to be feared that Aubrey would have badly flunked any quizzing on the chapters of Somebody's Luggage which the bookseller had read aloud.

Without

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

would

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From this reading Without making a very conscious choice, he felt instinctively that it would be agreeable to walk back to Manhattan rather than permit the roaring disillusion of the subway to break in upon his meditations.

Chapter 5 of The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 5 of The Haunted Bookshop contain?

Chapter 5 holds 128 sentences of The Haunted Bookshop, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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 5 of The Haunted Bookshop?

Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 26 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 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 Haunted Bookshop

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Is this the complete text of The Haunted Bookshop?

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About 342 minutes of reading across 822 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Haunted Bookshop

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

Brooklyn
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Bookshop; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Borough
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Bookshop; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Superb
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Bookshop; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sunsets
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Bookshop; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.