The success machine
The success machine by Henry Slesar is available here as the complete text, split into 106 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The success machine by Henry Slesar. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #26168.
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The success machine
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This edition of The success machine by Henry Slesar carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #26168, divided into 1 chapters and 106 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 The success machine is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #26168 and divided into 106 sections.
This page carries the whole of The success machine by Henry Slesar, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #26168, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 527 sentences across 1 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 success machine divided for reading?
The success machine is presented in 1 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The success machine as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 106 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 1 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 The success machine 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 success machine?
Yes. All 527 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #26168 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The success machine is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #26168, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The success machine take to read?
About 43 minutes of reading across 106 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The success machine
Words and structures a reader meets early in The success machine, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Mechanical
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- Brains
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- These
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- General
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