Chapter 34 of The Sowers is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter 34 of The Sowers is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa. She was already recovering consciousness. He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville. A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions. The maid soon came.
Chapter 34 of The Sowers is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading “A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.”
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.”
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading “A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.”
returning to health after illness or debility
From this reading “She was already recovering consciousness.”
lasting a very short time
From this reading “A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.”
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
From this reading “À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
(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 He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading She was already recovering consciousness.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The maid soon came.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading She was already recovering consciousness.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
plural of “emotion” — any strong feeling
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
the organ of sight
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
set down according to a plan
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
a female domestic
From this reading The maid soon came.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
returning to health after illness or debility
From this reading She was already recovering consciousness.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was already recovering consciousness.
lasting a very short time
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
in the near future
From this reading The maid soon came.
United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923)
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
two times
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was already recovering consciousness.
during the time that
From this reading He rang the bell twice, and all the while he kept his eye on De Chauxville.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading A quick touch on Etta's wrist and breast showed that this man knew something of women and of those short-lived fainting fits that belong to strong emotions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading À DEUX Steinmetz laid Etta on a sofa.
Chapter 34 of The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 34 holds 408 sentences of The Sowers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 of The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 34 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 Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 7928 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10132 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #10132, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1586 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Sowers section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of The Sowers 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 Sowers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
