Damned If You Don't
Damned If You Don't by Randall Garrett is available here as the complete text, split into 272 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Damned If You Don't by Randall Garrett. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24064.
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Damned If You Don't
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This edition of Damned If You Don't by Randall Garrett carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #24064, divided into 3 chapters and 272 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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Damned If You Don't is presented in 3 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Damned If You Don't as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 272 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 3 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Is this the complete text of Damned If You Don't?
Yes. All 1360 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #24064 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Damned If You Don't is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #24064, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Damned If You Don't take to read?
About 113 minutes of reading across 272 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Damned If You Don't
Words and structures a reader meets early in Damned If You Don't, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Can't
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Damned If You Don't; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Won't
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Damned If You Don't; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- You'll
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Damned If You Don't; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Damn'd
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Damned If You Don't; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.