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The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The House of Mirth is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.
All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”
She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.
If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriouslybut I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!
Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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The House of Mirth

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The House of Mirth is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.
Line 2
All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”
Line 3
She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.
Line 4
If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriouslybut I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!
Line 5
Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.”

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a

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

abandon

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

admonishing

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

All

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

an

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

and

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

as

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

ask

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

away

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

back

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

Bart

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

been

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

beginning

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

bridge

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

but

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

can

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

can't

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

Carry

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

case

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

collapse

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

confronting

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

considered

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

Corby

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

depth

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

desk

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

despair

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

did

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

else

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

enough

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

erect

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

exterior

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

eye

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

for

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

friendship

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

from

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

given

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

going

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

had

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

hadn't

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

has

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

heaped-up

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

her

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

him

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

house-party

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

I

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

I'm

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

if

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

importunities

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

in

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

indifferent

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

is

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

It

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

Kate

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

keep

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

lace

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

lamenting

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

leaned

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

let

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

Lily

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

made

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

make

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

me

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

Miss

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

morning

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

Mrs

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

much

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

muslin

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

note

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

of

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

off

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

out

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

patient

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

personal

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

physician

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

plain

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

say

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

seriously

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

she

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

shoulder

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

sighing

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

spoke

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

sure

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

that

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

the

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

to

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

told

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

took

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

Trenor's

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

turning

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

up

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

voice

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From this reading It spoke much for the depth of Mrs. Trenor’s friendship that her voice, in admonishing Miss Bart, took the same note of personal despair as if she had been lamenting the collapse of a house-party.

were

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From this reading “If you hadn’t told me you were going in for him seriously—but I’m sure you made that plain enough from the beginning!

while

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

who

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

Why

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From this reading Why else did you ask me to let you off bridge, and to keep away Carry and Kate Corby?

with

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From this reading She leaned back, sighing, in the morning abandon of lace and muslin, turning an indifferent shoulder to the heaped-up importunities of her desk, while she considered, with the eye of a physician who has given up the case, the erect exterior of the patient confronting her.

you

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From this reading “All I can say is, Lily, that I can’t make you out!”

Chapter 7 of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 7 of The House of Mirth contain?

Chapter 7 holds 216 sentences of The House of Mirth, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 7 of The House of Mirth?

Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 44 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 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 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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How long does The House of Mirth take to read?

About 476 minutes of reading across 1143 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The House of Mirth

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

Selden
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Mirth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Paused
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Mirth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Surprise
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Mirth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Afternoon
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House of Mirth; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.