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The Wireless Officer

The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman is available here as the complete text, split into 1004 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman38 chapters

The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #37824.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Wireless Officer

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  1. Chapter I 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #37824, divided into 38 chapters and 1004 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 Wireless Officer is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #37824 and divided into 1004 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #37824, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 5017 sentences across 38 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 Wireless Officer divided for reading?

The Wireless Officer is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Wireless Officer as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1004 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 38 chapters.

Can I hear The Wireless Officer read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Wireless Officer can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Wireless Officer 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.

Questions about reading The Wireless Officer

Common questions about reading The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Wireless Officer?

Yes. All 5017 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #37824 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Wireless Officer is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #37824, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Wireless Officer take to read?

About 418 minutes of reading across 1004 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Wireless Officer section by section

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Wireless Officer

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Wireless Officer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Hurrah
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wireless Officer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Exclaimed
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wireless Officer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Peter
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wireless Officer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Mostyn
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wireless Officer; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.