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The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The roarings that had stretched in a long line of sound across the face of the forest began to grow intermittent and weaker.

The stentorian speeches of the artillery continued in some distant encounter, but the crashes of the musketry had almost ceased.

The youth and his friend of a sudden looked up, feeling a deadened form of distress at the waning of these noises, which had become a part of life.

They could see changes going on among the troops.

There were marchings this way and that way.

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The Red Badge of Courage

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of The Red Badge of Courage is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The roarings that had stretched in a long line of sound across the face of the forest began to grow intermittent and weaker.

Line 2

The stentorian speeches of the artillery continued in some distant encounter, but the crashes of the musketry had almost ceased.

Line 3

The youth and his friend of a sudden looked up, feeling a deadened form of distress at the waning of these noises, which had become a part of life.

Line 4

They could see changes going on among the troops.

Line 5

There were marchings this way and that way.

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almost

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among

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and

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artillery

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at

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become

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began

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but

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ceased

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changes

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continued

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crashes

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deadened

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distant

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distress

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face

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feeling

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forest

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form

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friend

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going

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grow

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intermittent

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life

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line

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long

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looked

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marchings

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musketry

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noises

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of

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on

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part

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roarings

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see

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some

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sound

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speeches

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stentorian

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stretched

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sudden

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that

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The

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There

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these

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They

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this

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to

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troops

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up

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waning

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way

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weaker

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were

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which

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youth

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Chapter 24 of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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.

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