Chapter 9 of The Inferno is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The Inferno is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some one knocked at the door. It was time for the doctor. The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master. "How have you been to-day?" "Bad."
Chapter 9 of The Inferno is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading “The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “"Bad."”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “It was time for the doctor.”
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “Some one knocked at the door.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.”
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading “The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.”
in an unsteady manner
From this reading “The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "Bad."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "How have you been to-day?"
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading It was time for the doctor.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was time for the doctor.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "How have you been to-day?"
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How have you been to-day?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was time for the doctor.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some one knocked at the door.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was time for the doctor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How have you been to-day?"
in an unsteady manner
From this reading The sick man raised himself uncertainly in awe of the master.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was time for the doctor.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How have you been to-day?"
Chapter 9 of The Inferno by Henri Barbusse holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 9 holds 212 sentences of The Inferno, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Inferno by Henri Barbusse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 43 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 293 minutes of reading across 704 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Inferno, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
