Chapter 24 of The House of the Seven Gables is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The House of the Seven Gables is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah. “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him. “We stay here too long! Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey! He will take good care of it!”
Chapter 24 of The House of the Seven Gables is here in full — 140 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We stay here too long!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We stay here too long!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We stay here too long!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us leave the old house to our cousin Jaffrey!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We stay here too long!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We stay here too long!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “My God! what is to become of us?” gasped Hepzibah.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He will take good care of it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come!” said Clifford in a tone of brief decision, most unlike what was usual with him.
Chapter 24 of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
Chapter 24 holds 140 sentences of The House of the Seven Gables, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 140 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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