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The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Willa Cather • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories by Willa Cather holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories contain?

Chapter 13 holds 187 sentences of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories by Willa Cather exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

How do I study chapter 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 38 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.

Can chapter 13 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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.

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Is this the complete text of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories?

Yes. All 4758 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #346 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #346, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories take to read?

About 396 minutes of reading across 952 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Produced
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Judith
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Troll
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Garden
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Nils plodded on across the stubble.
“Are you really going to spend the rest of your life like this, night after night, summer after summer?
Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?
Besides, your father won't live forever, you know.
His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.
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The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Nils plodded on across the stubble.
Line 2
“Are you really going to spend the rest of your life like this, night after night, summer after summer?
Line 3
Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?
Line 4
Besides, your father won't live forever, you know.
Line 5
His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.
All words in this reading · 57

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a

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across

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after

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and

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anything

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Are

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back

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be

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Besides

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better

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From this reading Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?

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but

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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country

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do

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Ericsons

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father

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father's

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forever

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going

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have

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Haven't

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His

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know

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life

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like

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little

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live

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night

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Nils

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nobody

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Norman

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of

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on

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From this reading Nils plodded on across the stubble.

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or

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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out

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place

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plodded

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From this reading Nils plodded on across the stubble.

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really

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rest

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shut

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sold

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spend

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stubble

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From this reading Nils plodded on across the stubble.

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summer

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tearing

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than

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From this reading Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?

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the

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From this reading Nils plodded on across the stubble.

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then

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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this

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From this reading “Are you really going to spend the rest of your life like this, night after night, summer after summer?

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to

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up

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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wear

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From this reading Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?

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will

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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won't

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From this reading Besides, your father won't live forever, you know.

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you

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From this reading “Are you really going to spend the rest of your life like this, night after night, summer after summer?

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you'll

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From this reading His little place will be shut up or sold, and then you'll have nobody but the Ericsons.

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your

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From this reading “Are you really going to spend the rest of your life like this, night after night, summer after summer?

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yourself

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From this reading Haven't you anything better to do on a night like this than to wear yourself and Norman out tearing across the country to your father's and back?

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