Bibliophiles can now find their favorite works on the Web --
complete and downloadable. The following sites offer roughly the same selection. Most
titles are in the public domain, which means that their copyright has expired. Copyright exists for the life of an author plus fifty years.
- Bartleby.com
In addition to novels like Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and
Fitzgerald's "This Side of
Paradise," you'll find reference titles like "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations,"
"The Elements of Style" and "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook."
- The On-Line Books Page
This index offers thousands of online books, links to directories and
archives, and special literary exhibits.
- Project Gutenberg
Contains classic works from writers ranging from Henry Adams to Emile Zola.
Full-Text by Genre
- Perseus Project
This a digital library of texts and documents contains collections for ancient Greece, Rome and the Renaissance.
- Russian Links
Browse selected digital collections of literary works from well-known Russian authors like Chekhov and Nabokov.
- Young People's Zone
Check out popular series like Robin Hood and Tom Sawyer or fairy tales like
Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin.
--- R.M.
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