Chapter 13 of Wayside Courtships is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Wayside Courtships is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cloth, $1.25. "A drama of biting intensity. A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette. A HARD WOMAN. A Story in Scenes.
Chapter 13 of Wayside Courtships is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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capable of wounding
From this reading “"A drama of biting intensity.”
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading “"A drama of biting intensity.”
a newspaper or official journal
From this reading “A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.”
incapable of change
From this reading “A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.”
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading “"A drama of biting intensity.”
a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
From this reading “A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.”
become less interesting or attractive
From this reading “A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.”
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From this reading Cloth, $1.25.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A drama of biting intensity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
capable of wounding
From this reading "A drama of biting intensity.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Cloth, $1.25.
a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
From this reading "A drama of biting intensity.
a newspaper or official journal
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading A HARD WOMAN.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Story in Scenes.
incapable of change
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading "A drama of biting intensity.
a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A drama of biting intensity.
become less interesting or attractive
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading A Story in Scenes.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading A Story in Scenes.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result."--Pall Mall Gazette.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A HARD WOMAN.
Chapter 13 of Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 13 holds 401 sentences of Wayside Courtships, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 437 minutes of reading across 1049 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Wayside Courtships, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
