Chapter 19 of The White Moll is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The White Moll is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She shrank as far back into the corner as she could. The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him. Would he see her? She held her breath. No!
Chapter 19 of The White Moll is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 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.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “She held her breath.”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “She held her breath.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.”
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading “She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.”
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 The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading She held her breath.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would he see her?
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading She held her breath.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Would he see her?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
not any; not one
From this reading No!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Would he see her?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
inflected form of “shrink” — wither, as with a loss of moisture
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She shrank as far back into the corner as she could.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The door of the end room on this side of the hall had opened, and now a man stepped out and closed the door behind him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would he see her?
Chapter 19 of The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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.
Chapter 19 holds 207 sentences of The White Moll, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 42 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 19 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 White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5720 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #1741 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #1741, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 476 minutes of reading across 1144 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The White Moll section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 29 chapters of The White Moll 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 White Moll, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
