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Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sherwood Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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On his hands and knees in the bushes George Willard stared at the scene before him and tried hard to think.

He prepared to spring at the man who had humiliated him.

To be beaten seemed to be infinitely better than to be thus hurled ignominiously aside.

Three times the young reporter sprang at Ed Handby and each time the bartender, catching him by the shoulder, hurled him back into the bushes.

The older man seemed prepared to keep the exercise going indefinitely but George Willard’s head struck the root of a tree and he lay still.

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Chapter XVIII

Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

On his hands and knees in the bushes George Willard stared at the scene before him and tried hard to think. He prepared to spring at the man who had humiliated him. To be beaten seemed to be infinitely better than to be thus hurled ignominiously aside. Three times the young reporter sprang at Ed Handby and each time the bartender, catching him by the shoulder, hurled him back into the bushes. The older man seemed prepared to keep the exercise going indefinitely but George Willard’s head struck the root of a tree and he lay still.

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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On his hands and knees in the bushes George Willard stared at the scene before him and tried hard to think.

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He prepared to spring at the man who had humiliated him.

Line 3

To be beaten seemed to be infinitely better than to be thus hurled ignominiously aside.

Line 4

Three times the young reporter sprang at Ed Handby and each time the bartender, catching him by the shoulder, hurled him back into the bushes.

Line 5

The older man seemed prepared to keep the exercise going indefinitely but George Willard’s head struck the root of a tree and he lay still.

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aside

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at

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back

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bartender

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be

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beaten

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before

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better

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bushes

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but

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by

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catching

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each

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Ed

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exercise

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George

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going

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had

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Handby

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hands

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hard

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He

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head

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him

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his

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humiliated

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hurled

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ignominiously

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in

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indefinitely

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infinitely

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into

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keep

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knees

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lay

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man

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of

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older

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On

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prepared

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reporter

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root

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scene

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seemed

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shoulder

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sprang

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spring

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stared

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still

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struck

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than

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the

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think

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Three

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thus

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time

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times

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to

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tree

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tried

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who

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Willard

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Willard's

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young

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Chapter 18 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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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