Chapter 1 of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel is here in full — 915 sentences across 183 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel is here in full — 915 sentences across 183 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
How proud I felt! III How changed all the world can become in one short day! Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about. This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room. The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
Chapter 1 of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel is here in full — 915 sentences across 183 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 66/183 · 5 reading units · Lines 326–330
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.
next to; at the side of
From this reading “The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.”
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading “III How changed all the world can become in one short day!”
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading “The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.”
death of a person
From this reading “The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.”
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
From this reading “Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.”
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading “How proud I felt!”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
later than; following
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
next to; at the side of
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
made or become different in nature or form
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading How proud I felt!
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
death of a person
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How proud I felt!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How proud I felt!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading How proud I felt!
on the contrary
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
having a supporting base
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Marquis was standing beside the fireplace, and they both looked rather grave.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This morning after breakfast grandmamma sent for me into the drawing-room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Now I know why the Marquis came, and what all the mystery was about.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading III How changed all the world can become in one short day!
Chapter 1 of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel by Elinor Glyn holds 915 sentences, grouped into 183 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 1 holds 915 sentences of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 183 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel by Elinor Glyn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 915 sentences, grouped into 183 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 183 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 183 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 1 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.
Common questions about reading The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel by Elinor Glyn on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
