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Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sherwood Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Elizabeth sprang out of the chair and began to walk about in the office.

She walked as Doctor Reefy thought he had never seen anyone walk before.

To her whole body there was a swing, a rhythm that intoxicated him.

When she came and knelt on the floor beside his chair he took her into his arms and began to kiss her passionately.

“I cried all the way home,” she said, as she tried to continue the story of her wild ride, but he did not listen.

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Chapter XXII Reading 1/38

Winesburg, Ohio

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Winesburg, Ohio is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Elizabeth sprang out of the chair and began to walk about in the office.

Line 2

She walked as Doctor Reefy thought he had never seen anyone walk before.

Line 3

To her whole body there was a swing, a rhythm that intoxicated him.

Line 4

When she came and knelt on the floor beside his chair he took her into his arms and began to kiss her passionately.

Line 5

“I cried all the way home,” she said, as she tried to continue the story of her wild ride, but he did not listen.

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a

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about

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all

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and

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anyone

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arms

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as

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before

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began

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beside

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body

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but

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came

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chair

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continue

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cried

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did

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Doctor

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Elizabeth

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floor

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had

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he

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her

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him

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his

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home

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I

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in

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into

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intoxicated

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kiss

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knelt

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listen

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never

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not

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of

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office

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on

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out

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passionately

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Reefy

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rhythm

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ride

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said

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seen

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She

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sprang

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story

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swing

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that

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the

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there

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thought

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to

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took

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tried

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From this reading “I cried all the way home,” she said, as she tried to continue the story of her wild ride, but he did not listen.

walk

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walked

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was

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way

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From this reading “I cried all the way home,” she said, as she tried to continue the story of her wild ride, but he did not listen.

When

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whole

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wild

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From this reading “I cried all the way home,” she said, as she tried to continue the story of her wild ride, but he did not listen.

Chapter 22 of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson holds 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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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