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A compilation of classic authors and their works, along with biographies, background, study guides. Linked to other sites related to the study of literature.
http://www.anova.org/ |
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Collection of public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/ |
Bartleby.com
Etexts, focusing on classics and general reference works.
http://www.bartleby.com/ |
BBMania
Contains the full text of a number of English-language works including novels by Dickens, H G Wells, James Joyce and Robert Stevenson, as well as translated works.
http://www.cooo.net/ |
Bibliomania
Houses an extensive online collection of texts ranging from fiction and poetry to general non-fiction and reference works.
http://www.bibliomania.com/ |
Bralyn E-text Archive
E-texts, indexed and searchable, including literature, history, social sciences, humor and culture.
http://www.bralyn.net/etext/ |
byGosh.com
Free, online illustrated childrens stories, 20 best out-of-copyright novels of the 20th century, out-of-copyright nonfiction of the 20th century. Also children's stories.
http://www.bygosh.com |
Carrie
Full-text electronic library hosted by the University of Kansas.
http://www.ku.edu/carrie/ |
Classic Book Library
A collection of online ebooks featuring mystery, science fiction and romance.
http://classicbook.info/ |
Classic Reader
A collection of classic fiction and non-fiction, poetry, and children's stories.
http://www.classicreader.com/ |
Classical Authors Directory
Portraits, biographies and pictures of 460 classic authors. 1258 online books of classical literature enhanced with annotations from the Encyclopedia of the Self.
http://authorsdirectory.com/ |
ClassicAuthors.net
Includes archives of now public-domain works by various well-known American and British authors.
http://classicauthors.net/ |
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse Bibliography
An extensive archive of Middle-English electronic texts (none of which are translated into modern English, however), including works by Chaucer and the ubiquitous Anonymous.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/c/cme/bibl.html |
Daoist Scriptures
A large collection of Chinese Taoist literature.
http://www.edepot.com/taotext.html |
Digital Library Project
A University of Pennsylvania selection of digital library collections, exhibits, and finding aids prepared by digital librarians. Includes a section on obscure texts by women writers.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/ |
Distributed Proofreaders Europe
Same as Distributed Proofreaders but focused on works in European languages other than English and on works that are in the public domain in Europe.
http://dp.rastko.net/ |
Duke Papyrus Archive
Features online access to over 1,375 ancient Egyptian papyri at Duke University.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/ |
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