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Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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_Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

Chapter I. Elements of Discord-Native.

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Chapter XI

Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

_Nov._ 25_th_, 1891. MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it. In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history. It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new. Chapter I. Elements of Discord-Native.

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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_Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

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MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

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In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

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It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

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Chapter I. Elements of Discord-Native.

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1891

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From this reading _Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

25

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From this reading _Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

a

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

ago

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

all

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

and

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

as

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

be

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

been

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

but

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

cacao

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

chapter

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

chapters

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

days

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

deal

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

Discord-Native

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From this reading Chapter I. Elements of Discord-Native.

drafted

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

Elements

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From this reading Chapter I. Elements of Discord-Native.

finished

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

first

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

forty-eight

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

four

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

fourth

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

going

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

good

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

had

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

have

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

history

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

how

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

I

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

I'm

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

In

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

is

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

it

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

left

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

loss

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

lot

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

mail

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

new

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

Nov

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From this reading _Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

of

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

often

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

pages

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

planting

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

re-written

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

Samoa

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

since

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

spite

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

tell

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

th

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From this reading _Nov._ 25_th_, 1891.

that

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

the

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

they

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

three

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

to

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

true

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

two

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

weeding

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From this reading In spite of the loss of three days, as I have to tell, and a lot of weeding and cacao planting, I have finished since the mail left four chapters, forty-eight pages of my Samoa history.

wonder

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

write

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN, MY DEAR COLVIN,—I wonder how often I’m going to write it.

written

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

years

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From this reading It is true that the first three had been a good deal drafted two years ago, but they had all to be written and re-written, and the fourth chapter is all new.

Chapter 11 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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.

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