Learn English through classic literature • Five-line readings • Clear US narration
VELMORA ACADEMY
Academy of Archival Languages & Memory Studies
Menu Close
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Cover illustration for The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Context Illustration Reading 1/24 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.
I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.
Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.
I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.
I read the signs, without thinking of anything.
0:00 / 0:00
Speed 0.75x
AI-generated narration by OpenAI · Slow US English
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending

A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.
Line 2
I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.
Line 3
Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.
Line 4
I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.
Line 5
I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

All words in this reading · 56

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

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

added

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

agitation

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

and

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

anything

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

At

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

baggage

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

before

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

came

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

car

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

chattered

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

climax

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

cold

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

conductor

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

consciousness

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

crowd

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

dvorniks

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

few

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

hand

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

I

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

in

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

jaw

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

last

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

left

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

looked

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

Mechanically

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

my

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

near

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

of

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

on

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

only

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

out

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

passing

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

people

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

platform

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

read

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

signs

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

so

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

started

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

station

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

streets

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

From this reading I looked at the few people passing in the streets and at the _dvorniks_.

take

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

tchik

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

teeth

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

that

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

the

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

thinking

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

tickets

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

to

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

took

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

trembled

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

From this reading I was cold, my jaw trembled so that my teeth chattered.

was

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

went

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

when

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

From this reading “At the station before the last, when the conductor came to take the tickets, I took my baggage and went out on the car platform, and the consciousness that the climax was near at hand only added to my agitation.

with

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

From this reading Mechanically I left the station with the crowd, I took a _tchik_, and I started.

without

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

From this reading I read the signs, without thinking of anything.

Chapter 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy holds 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories contain?

Chapter 22 holds 122 sentences of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 122 sentences, grouped into 25 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 22 of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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 22 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 22 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 Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Common questions about reading The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo, graf Tolstoy on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories?

Yes. All 3753 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #689 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #689, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories take to read?

About 312 minutes of reading across 751 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories section by section

How to work through The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 38 chapters of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Candle
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Translator
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Preface
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Comparing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.