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When the Sleeper Wakes
When the Sleeper Wakes

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of When the Sleeper Wakes is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 7 of When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells holds 308 sentences, grouped into 62 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 7 of When the Sleeper Wakes contain?

Chapter 7 holds 308 sentences of When the Sleeper Wakes, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 308 sentences, grouped into 62 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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Work through the 62 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Vocabulary met early in When the Sleeper Wakes

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Afternoon
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Water
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Isbister
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Young
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Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.
Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.
The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.
The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.
As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.
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When the Sleeper Wakes

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of When the Sleeper Wakes is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/62 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.
Line 2
Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.
Line 3
The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.
Line 4
The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.
Line 5
As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.
All words in this reading · 71

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a

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

after

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

air

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

an

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

and

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

apartments

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

aperture

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

apparently

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

As

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

be

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

broad

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

ceiling

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

centre

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

clear

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

could

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

Curiosity

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

dome

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

driving

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

easy

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

examination

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

faint

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

fans

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

fatigue

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

funnel

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

get

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

glimpses

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

Graham

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

he

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

high

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

him

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

his

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

humming

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

in

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

inner

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

into

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

its

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

kept

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

motion

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

moving

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

note

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

oblong

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

of

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

one

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

only

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

opening

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

other

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

perceived

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

place

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

Presently

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

quiet

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

resumed

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From this reading Presently Graham resumed his examination of his apartments.

room

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

rotating

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

seemed

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

shaft

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

shaped

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

sky

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

sound

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

spite

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From this reading Curiosity kept him moving in spite of his fatigue.

sprang

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

that

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From this reading The faint humming note of its easy motion was the only clear sound in that quiet place.

The

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

these

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

to

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

transient

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

up

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

vans

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From this reading As these vans sprang up one after the other, Graham could get transient glimpses of the sky.

was

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

wheel

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

which

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.

with

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From this reading The inner room, he perceived, was high, and its ceiling dome shaped, with an oblong aperture in the centre, opening into a funnel in which a wheel of broad fans seemed to be rotating, apparently driving the air up the shaft.