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The Price She Paid
The Price She Paid

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Mildred laughed.
"Don't talk nonsense.
Even I know that's nonsense.
The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.
And how could I live for the four or five years?"
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Price She Paid

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Mildred laughed.
Line 2
"Don't talk nonsense.
Line 3
Even I know that's nonsense.
Line 4
The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.
Line 5
And how could I live for the four or five years?"

Learner Dictionary

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.

Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.”

All words in this reading · 26

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.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

And

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

cost

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From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

could

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

dollars

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From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

Don't

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

From this reading "Don't talk nonsense.

Even

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

From this reading Even I know that's nonsense.

five

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

for

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

four

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

how

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

I

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From this reading Even I know that's nonsense.

know

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

From this reading Even I know that's nonsense.

laughed

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

From this reading Mildred laughed.

lessons

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

From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

live

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

Mildred

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From this reading Mildred laughed.

nonsense

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From this reading "Don't talk nonsense.

of

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From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

or

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

talk

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

From this reading "Don't talk nonsense.

that's

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

From this reading Even I know that's nonsense.

The

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

From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

thousands

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From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

would

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From this reading The lessons alone would cost thousands of dollars.

years

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From this reading And how could I live for the four or five years?"

Chapter 11 of The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 11 of The Price She Paid contain?

Chapter 11 holds 216 sentences of The Price She Paid, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 11 of The Price She Paid?

Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 44 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 11 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 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 Price She Paid

Common questions about reading The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Price She Paid?

Yes. All 7349 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #457 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Price She Paid is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #457, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Price She Paid take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1470 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Price She Paid section by section

How to work through The Price She Paid section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 34 chapters of The Price She Paid 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 Price She Paid

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Price She Paid, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Henry
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gower
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sixty-one--the
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lifelong
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.