Ministry of Disturbance
Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper is available here as the complete text, split into 219 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20659.
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Ministry of Disturbance
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This edition of Ministry of Disturbance by H. Beam Piper carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #20659, divided into 2 chapters and 219 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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The complete text of Ministry of Disturbance is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #20659 and divided into 219 sections.
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How is Ministry of Disturbance divided for reading?
Ministry of Disturbance is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Ministry of Disturbance as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 219 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 2 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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Every sentence of Ministry of Disturbance can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Ministry of Disturbance?
Yes. All 1092 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20659 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Ministry of Disturbance is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #20659, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Ministry of Disturbance take to read?
About 91 minutes of reading across 219 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Ministry of Disturbance
Words and structures a reader meets early in Ministry of Disturbance, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Sometimes
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Ministry of Disturbance; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Getting
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- Harder
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- It--and
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