Chapter 36 of The Moonstone is here in full — 655 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of The Moonstone is here in full — 655 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff. There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner. It had lost its usual confidence and spirit. He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence. “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
Chapter 36 of The Moonstone is here in full — 655 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.”
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From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
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From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
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From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
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From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
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From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
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From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a noticeable change in the lawyer’s manner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It had lost its usual confidence and spirit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Late that evening, I was surprised at my lodgings by a visit from Mr. Bruff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He shook hands with me, for the first time in his life, in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you going back to Hampstead?”
Chapter 36 of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins holds 655 sentences, grouped into 131 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 36 holds 655 sentences of The Moonstone, unabridged, divided into 131 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 36 of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 655 sentences, grouped into 131 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 131 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 131 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 36 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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