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The Shuttle

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of The Shuttle is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Hodgson Burnett • Curated US English Learning Edition

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BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

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Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XXIX Reading 1/42

The Shuttle

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of The Shuttle is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

Line 2

It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

Line 3

Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

Line 4

The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

Line 5

The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

All words in this reading · 62

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agricultural

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and

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

appeared

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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

approaching

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become

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

been

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

boast

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breakfast

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

BY

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cost

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county

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discouraging

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discuss

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enough

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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

estate

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EVERYWHERE

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

food

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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

from

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gardens

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good

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

great

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

had

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harvest

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His

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

hop

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

hop-growing

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in

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influx

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it

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

its

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

lean

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London

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most

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

neglect

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of

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over

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

past

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

Penzance

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

pickers

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prolific

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

reputation

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revenue

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

ROADSIDE

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

scant

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seemed

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

source

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subject

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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

suddenly

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

talk

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

THE

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

their

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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

them

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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

things

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

times

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

to

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

while

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

with

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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.

wonder

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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.

worth

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

yearly

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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.

years

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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.

Yesterday

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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.

Chapter 29 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 29 of The Shuttle contain?

Chapter 29 holds 212 sentences of The Shuttle, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 29 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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.

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Vocabulary met early in The Shuttle

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

Shuttle: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Shuttle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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