The Ethical Engineer
The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison is available here as the complete text, split into 556 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #30964.
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The Ethical Engineer
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This edition of The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #30964, divided into 6 chapters and 556 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.
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The complete text of The Ethical Engineer is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #30964 and divided into 556 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #30964, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2778 sentences across 6 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is The Ethical Engineer divided for reading?
The Ethical Engineer is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Ethical Engineer as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 556 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 sections are gathered into 6 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Ethical Engineer 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 The Ethical Engineer?
Yes. All 2778 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30964 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Ethical Engineer is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #30964, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Ethical Engineer take to read?
About 231 minutes of reading across 556 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Ethical Engineer
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Ethical Engineer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Etext
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ethical Engineer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Produced
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- Analog
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ethical Engineer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Science
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Ethical Engineer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.