Chapter 5 of The Temptation of St. Anthony is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Temptation of St. Anthony is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus. She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king. She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn.... She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness. She has prostituted herself to all nations.
Chapter 5 of The Temptation of St. Anthony is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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.
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
From this reading “She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.”
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
From this reading “She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....”
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading “She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.”
the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods
From this reading “She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.”
a person of refined upbringing and manners
From this reading “She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.”
having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
From this reading “She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....”
a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
From this reading “"She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.”
treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
From this reading “She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.”
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 “She has prostituted herself to all nations.”
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 She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
(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 She has prostituted herself to all nations.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She has prostituted herself to all nations.
the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
held dear
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She has loved adultery, idolatry, lying and foolishness.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading She has prostituted herself to all nations.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
a person of refined upbringing and manners
From this reading She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has prostituted herself to all nations.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She has prostituted herself to all nations.
a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
From this reading She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was Delilah, by whom Samson's locks were shorn....
belonging to which person
From this reading "She was that Helen of Troy, whose memory was cursed by the poet Stesichorus.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading She was Lucretia, the patrician woman violated by a king.
Chapter 5 of The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 5 holds 426 sentences of The Temptation of St. Anthony, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 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 5 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 Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3259 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #52225 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #52225, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 271 minutes of reading across 652 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Temptation of St. Anthony section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 8 chapters of The Temptation of St. Anthony 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 Temptation of St. Anthony, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
