Chapter 36 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter 36 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby. The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries. They were both born in the wood. The wood was their home and mansion. They lived in peace with everything there.
Chapter 36 of The Story of Gösta Berling is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 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.
a small house with a single story
From this reading “THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.”
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading “The wood was their home and mansion.”
plural of “pensioner” — the beneficiary of a pension fund
From this reading “THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.”
have sovereign power
From this reading “THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.”
possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.”
In this reading “THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “They lived in peace with everything there.”
In this reading “They lived in peace with everything there.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
brought into existence
From this reading They were both born in the wood.
the two together, not just one
From this reading They were both born in the wood.
a youthful male person
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
a small house with a single story
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading They lived in peace with everything there.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
a young female
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The wood was their home and mansion.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading They lived in peace with everything there.
(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading The wood was their home and mansion.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading They lived in peace with everything there.
plural of “pensioner” — the beneficiary of a pension fund
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
have sovereign power
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The wood was their home and mansion.
in or at that place or location
From this reading They lived in peace with everything there.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were both born in the wood.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were both born in the wood.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The shepherd’s boy and girl played together in the wood, built houses with flat stones, and picked cloud-berries.
a late time of life
From this reading THE FOREST COTTAGE It was many years before the pensioners’ reign at Ekeby.
Chapter 36 of The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 36 holds 399 sentences of The Story of Gösta Berling, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 36 of The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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 36 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 Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 9029 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56158 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #56158, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1806 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Story of Gösta Berling section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 37 chapters of The Story of Gösta Berling 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 Story of Gösta Berling, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
