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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain is here in full — 561 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Charles Dickens • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens holds 561 sentences, grouped into 113 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 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain contain?

Chapter 1 holds 561 sentences of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, unabridged, divided into 113 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 561 sentences, grouped into 113 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 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain?

Work through the 113 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 113 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 1 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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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Is this the complete text of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain?

Yes. All 2046 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #644 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #644, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain take to read?

About 170 minutes of reading across 410 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Bestowed
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Everybody
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Assert
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Often
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The Gift Bestowed
Everybody said so.
Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.
Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.
In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.
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The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain is here in full — 561 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/113 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Gift Bestowed
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Everybody said so.
Line 3
Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.
Line 4
Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.
Line 5
In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.
All words in this reading · 43

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a

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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and

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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as

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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assert

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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authority

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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be

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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been

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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Bestowed

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From this reading The Gift Bestowed

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Everybody

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From this reading Everybody said so.

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experience

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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fallible

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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Far

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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find

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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from

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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general

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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Gift

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From this reading The Gift Bestowed

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has

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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how

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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In

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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instances

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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is

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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it

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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likely

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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me

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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most

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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must

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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often

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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out

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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proved

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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right

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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said

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From this reading Everybody said so.

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says

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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so

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From this reading Everybody said so.

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such

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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taken

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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that

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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The

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From this reading The Gift Bestowed

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to

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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true

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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weary

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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what

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From this reading Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true.

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while

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From this reading In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.

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wrong

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From this reading Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

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