Chapter 14 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Good thing for you if he was." "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too." "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him. He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live." "Now stop that, Madge!
Chapter 14 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “"Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."”
by chance
From this reading “"Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."”
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."”
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading “"He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “"Now stop that, Madge!”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."”
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 "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
a youthful male person
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now stop that, Madge!
by chance
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now stop that, Madge!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
the utterance of intelligible speech
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Now stop that, Madge!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Now stop that, Madge!
a special situation
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Maybe," said George; "but I'd be sorry for him, too."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He's been a good father to you, George, and I like you for speaking up for him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Good thing for you if he was."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He's an awful old rascal, my boy, but you'll be a worse if you live."
Chapter 14 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction by Arthur [Editor] Mee holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 14 holds 424 sentences of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction by Arthur [Editor] Mee exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 14 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 World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction by Arthur [Editor] Mee on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5783 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10993 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #10993, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 481 minutes of reading across 1157 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 14 chapters of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction 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 World's Greatest Books — Volume 05, Fiction, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
