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Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sherwood Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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For three hours the two young men, thus strangely thrown together, stayed in the printshop.

When he had a little recovered George took Tom for a walk.

They went into the country and sat on a log near the edge of a wood.

Something in the still night drew them together and when the drunken boy’s head began to clear they talked.

“It was good to be drunk,” Tom Foster said.

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Chapter XXI Reading 1/37

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

For three hours the two young men, thus strangely thrown together, stayed in the printshop.

Line 2

When he had a little recovered George took Tom for a walk.

Line 3

They went into the country and sat on a log near the edge of a wood.

Line 4

Something in the still night drew them together and when the drunken boy’s head began to clear they talked.

Line 5

“It was good to be drunk,” Tom Foster said.

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and

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be

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began

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boy's

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clear

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country

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drew

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drunk

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drunken

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edge

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For

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Foster

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George

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good

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had

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he

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head

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hours

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in

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into

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It

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little

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log

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men

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near

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night

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of

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on

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printshop

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recovered

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said

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sat

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Something

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stayed

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still

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strangely

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talked

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the

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them

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They

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three

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thrown

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thus

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to

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together

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Tom

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took

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two

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walk

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was

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went

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When

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wood

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young

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Chapter 21 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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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