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The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.
Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.
An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.
An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.
He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.
Line 2
Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.
Line 3
An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.
Line 4
An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.
Line 5
He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Splendor noun US /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading “An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.”

All words in this reading · 66

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a

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

an

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

and

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arousing

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

asleep

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

at

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

awoke

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

be

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

been

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

before

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

blanket

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

chilled

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

could

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

curled

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

day

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

dew

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

down

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

eastern

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

efforts

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

eyes

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

face

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

farther

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

felt

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

first

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

for

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

Gray

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

had

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

he

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

heraldic

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

him

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

his

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

icy

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

immediately

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

impending

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

in

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

into

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From this reading An icy dew had chilled his face, and immediately upon arousing he curled farther down into his blanket.

it

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

leaves

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

mists

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

moving

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

of

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

opened

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

overhead

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

rays

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

seemed

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

seen

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

shifting

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

sky

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From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

slowly

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading An impending splendor could be seen in the eastern sky.

stared

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

sun

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

sure

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

that

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

the

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

thousand

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

to

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

unexpected

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

upon

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

were

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From this reading Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays.

When

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

while

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

wind

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From this reading He stared for a while at the leaves overhead, moving in a heraldic wind of the day.

world

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

years

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

youth

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From this reading When the youth awoke it seemed to him that he had been asleep for a thousand years, and he felt sure that he opened his eyes upon an unexpected world.

Chapter 14 of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 14 of The Red Badge of Courage contain?

Chapter 14 holds 150 sentences of The Red Badge of Courage, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 14 of The Red Badge of Courage?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 30 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 14 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 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 #73, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 293 minutes of reading across 705 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Red Badge of Courage

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Red Badge of Courage, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Passed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Badge of Courage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Reluctantly
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Badge of Courage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Earth
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Red Badge of Courage; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Retiring
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