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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Uncle Tom's Cabin is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.
He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.
The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”
Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.
Haley!
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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Uncle Tom's Cabin is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.
Line 2
He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.
Line 3
The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”
Line 4
Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.
Line 5
Haley!

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a

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

afternoon

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and

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

apartment

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

arranged

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Arthur

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

attendance

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

bed

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before

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braids

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brushing

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By

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carelessly

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

chair

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

Changing

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

cheeks

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come

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complicated

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continuing

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

conversation

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

curls

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

dinner-table

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

easy-chair

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Eliza

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

employment

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

enough

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

excused

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

eyes

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Feelings

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

fellow

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

fixed

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

for

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

girl

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

had

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

haggard

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

hair

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Haley

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

He

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

her

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

himself

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

his

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

husband

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

in

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

is

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

large

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

letter

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

letters

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Living

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

looking

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

lounging

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

low-bred

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

lugged

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

mail

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

mirror

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

morning

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

Mr

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

Mrs

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

name

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

naturally

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

night

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

noticing

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

of

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

on

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

ordered

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

our

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

out

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

over

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Owners

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

pale

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From this reading He was lounging in a large easy-chair, looking over some letters that had come in the afternoon mail, and she was standing before her mirror, brushing out the complicated braids and curls in which Eliza had arranged her hair; for, noticing her pale cheeks and haggard eyes, she had excused her attendance that night, and ordered her to bed.

Property

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

rather

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

retired

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

said

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

she

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Shelby

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Showing

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some

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standing

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suggested

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that

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the

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their

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From this reading Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners Mr. and Mrs. Shelby had retired to their apartment for the night.

to

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today

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turning

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uneasily

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From this reading “Haley is his name,” said Shelby, turning himself rather uneasily in his chair, and continuing with his eyes fixed on a letter.

was

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which

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who

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with

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you

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From this reading The employment, naturally enough, suggested her conversation with the girl in the morning; and turning to her husband, she said, carelessly, “By the by, Arthur, who was that low-bred fellow that you lugged in to our dinner-table today?”

Chapter 4 of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe holds 172 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 4 of Uncle Tom's Cabin contain?

Chapter 4 holds 172 sentences of Uncle Tom's Cabin, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 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.

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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 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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 Uncle Tom's Cabin

Common questions about reading Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Yes. All 8943 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #203 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #203, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Uncle Tom's Cabin take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1789 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Uncle Tom's Cabin section by section

How to work through Uncle Tom's Cabin section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 38 chapters of Uncle Tom's Cabin 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 Uncle Tom's Cabin

Words and structures a reader meets early in Uncle Tom's Cabin, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Reader
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Introduced
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Humanity
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Afternoon
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.