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The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.
His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.
His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.
What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.
D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.
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The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.
Line 2
His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.
Line 3
His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.
Line 4
What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.
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D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.”

Center noun US /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading “D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.”

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a

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

absurdities

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

actually

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

all

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

alluring

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

and

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

anything

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

appeal

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

are

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

as

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

astonishingly

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

bargains

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

be

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

become

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

believe

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

better

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

but

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

chose

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

cult

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

cults

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

D'Esquerre

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

desire

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

due

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

enough

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

even

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

for

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

gratified

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

had

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

have

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

he

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

His

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

idealism

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

imagination

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

impersonal

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

in

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

indefinite

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

is

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

it

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

just

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

knew

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

lay

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

life

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

measure

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

mere

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

Metropolitan

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

mistakes

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

mocked

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

more

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

most

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

movement

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

much

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

no

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

not

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

of

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

one

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

or

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

personality

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

persuasive

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

picturesque

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

poor

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

power

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

quickened

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

sawdust

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

seemed

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

she

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

so

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

something

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

spell

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

suggested

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

temple

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From this reading D'Esquerre had become the center of a movement, and the Metropolitan had become the temple of a cult.

than

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

that

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

the

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

their

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

this

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

those

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

though

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

to

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From this reading His power, she knew, lay not so much in anything that he actually had--though he had so much--or in anything that he actually was, but in what he suggested, in what he seemed picturesque enough to have or be and that was just anything that one chose to believe or to desire.

tragedies

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

was

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

way

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

well

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

what

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

which

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

while

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

winced

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

with

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

without

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From this reading What he had was that, in his mere personality, he quickened and in a measure gratified that something without which--to women--life is no better than sawdust, and to the desire for which most of their mistakes and tragedies and astonishingly poor bargains are due.

women

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From this reading His appeal was all the more persuasive and alluring in that it was to the imagination alone, in that it was as indefinite and impersonal as those cults of idealism which so have their way with women.

woven

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

Yes

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From this reading Yes, she knew, she knew well enough, of what absurdities this spell was woven; she mocked, even while she winced.

Chapter 22 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories by Willa Cather holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 22 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories contain?

Chapter 22 holds 171 sentences of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 22 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 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 22 of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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 22 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 22 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.

Questions about reading The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories

Common questions about reading The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories by Willa Cather on this page, its source edition and its audio.

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

Yes. All 4581 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 381 minutes of reading across 917 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories section by section

How to work through The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 26 chapters of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

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.

Divide
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hermannson's
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Enchanted
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bluff
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.