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The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories contain?

Chapter 23 holds 189 sentences of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories by Frank R. Stockton exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 23 can be played aloud in United States English.

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About 363 minutes of reading across 873 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Magic Egg, and Other Stories

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

Magic
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Other
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Stories
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Frank
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The most objectionable person in our club was O.
J.
Hollingsworth.
He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.
There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.
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The Magic Egg, and Other Stories

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of The Magic Egg, and Other Stories is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The most objectionable person in our club was O.
Line 2
J.
Line 3
Hollingsworth.
Line 4
He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.
Line 5
There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.
All words in this reading · 40

Every word is available to listen to. 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 He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

an

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

archer

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

archery

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

as

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

but

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

club

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From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

did

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From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

enough

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

far

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

fellow

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

good

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

habitually

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

He

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

him

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

himself

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

Hollingsworth

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

From this reading Hollingsworth.

I

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

in

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

it

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

J

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

From this reading J.

know

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

most

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

not

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

O

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

objected

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

objectionable

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

of

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

our

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

person

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

rule

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

scarcely

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

so

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

that

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

The

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

There

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

to

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.

violate

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

From this reading There was, so far as I know, scarcely a rule of archery that he did not habitually violate.

was

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

From this reading The most objectionable person in our club was O.

we

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

From this reading He was a good enough fellow in himself, but it was as an archer that we objected to him.