Chapter 40 of Tono-Bungay is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of Tono-Bungay is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong. The world is wrong. People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty. Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey? Here I am—damned!
Chapter 40 of Tono-Bungay is here in full — 216 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading ““I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.”
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From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
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From this reading Here I am—damned!
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From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here I am—damned!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here I am—damned!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The world is wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People can be ruined by wealth just as much as by poverty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The world is wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m spoilt by this rich idle way of living, until every habit is wrong, every taste wrong.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do you think I wouldn’t face life with you if I could, if I wasn’t absolutely certain I should be down and dragging in the first half-mile of the journey?
Chapter 40 of Tono-Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 40 holds 216 sentences of Tono-Bungay, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 40 of Tono-Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 216 sentences, grouped into 44 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 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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