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The Moon and Sixpence

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

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I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.
After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.
She paid twenty-seven francs for it.
There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.
Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.
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The Moon and Sixpence

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of The Moon and Sixpence is here in full — 60 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.
Line 2
After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.
Line 3
She paid twenty-seven francs for it.
Line 4
There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.
Line 5
Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

All words in this reading · 68

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a

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

After

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

American

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

among

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

an

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

and

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

as

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

at

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

auction

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

because

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

but

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

by

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

certain

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

de

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

death

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

dozen

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

effects

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

five

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

Fleur

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

for

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From this reading She paid twenty-seven francs for it.

francs

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From this reading She paid twenty-seven francs for it.

had

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

herself

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

his

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

Hôtel

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

I

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

in

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

it

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

Johnson

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

la

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

lived

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

lost

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

market-place

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

me

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

mostly

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

Mrs

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

much

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

nobody

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

of

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

opportunity

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

or

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

paid

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From this reading She paid twenty-seven francs for it.

Papeete

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

pictures

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

proprietress

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

sad

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

she

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

six

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

sold

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

Some

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

story

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

stove

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

Strickland's

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

tell

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

ten

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From this reading Some of them sold for as much as ten francs, but mostly they went for five or six.

the

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

them

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

there

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

they

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

to

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From this reading I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.

told

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

truck

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

twenty-seven

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From this reading She paid twenty-seven francs for it.

unframed

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From this reading “There were a dozen pictures,” she told me, “but they were unframed, and nobody wanted them.

wanted

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

was

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

went

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

were

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From this reading After Strickland’s death certain of his effects were sold by auction in the market-place at Papeete, and she went to it herself because there was among the truck an American stove she wanted.

Chapter 33 of The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 33 of The Moon and Sixpence contain?

Chapter 33 holds 60 sentences of The Moon and Sixpence, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 33 of The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 60 sentences, grouped into 12 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 33 of The Moon and Sixpence?

Work through the 12 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 12 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 33 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 33 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #222, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 427 minutes of reading across 1026 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Moon and Sixpence

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Confess
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First
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Acquaintance
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Charles
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