Adelaide University Library E-Books
The collection includes more than 500
classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History. Each work
has been carefully formatted for maximum readability either on screen or
when printed.
CARRIE A full text electronic library. (see also)
Electronic Texts on the
Internet
Bob Drudge's list of ebook sites.
ibiblio
"Home to one of the largest 'collections of collections' on the Internet,
ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including
software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural
studies." There's a little of something for everyone here -- a good place
to browse.
The Internet Classics Archive
Includes the more famous, as well as some lesser known authors of Greek
and Roman literature. Inluded are full texts are their works, with
contextual information (such as when it was written). One can also see
other readers' opinions and thoughts on the works and respond to them or
post their own. A search engine is provided.
KnowledgeRush Book Directory
Large directory of popular literary works and historical documents
available on the Web. Includes biographies of some authors and can be
browsed by author, genre, or title.
Litrix Reading Room
Litrix Reading Room is edited
by Stan Jones, a mystery novelist and book-lover in Anchorage, Alaska.
(This is why the Reading Room devotes a section to the literature of the
North.) All books in the Reading Room
are either out of copyright or the copyright holder has allowed free
electronic distribution. That's how we can provide them free of charge
to readers.
Luminarium
Medieval, Renaissance and 16th Century literary texts. Entries for each
author include: works, biography, criticism, quotations and links. Texts
are from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed.
"Presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered
people (LGBT). It includes hundred of original texts, discussions, and
(soon) images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all
regions of the world. In addition to texts, the site includes other aides
to help you study, or just make sense of LGBT history - note especially
the guide to online bibliographies and the onsite bibliography (which is
the most up-to-date and complete bibliography of LGBT history available)."
Representative Poetry On-line
"The second version of Representative Poetry
On-line
includes over 2,000 English poems by 310 poets from the early medieval
period to the beginning of the twentieth century." Poems are indexed and
can be browsed by poet name, date, title, or first line. They can also be
searched by keyword. Also contains works on poetry criticism.
Short Stories at east of the web
A growing collection of classic and newly-written short stories made
available on the Web. Stories are organized by theme: fiction, romance,
crime, sci-fi & fantasy, humor, horror, hyperfiction, children's, and
non-fiction. Includes works by many famous authors.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central is "an archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures,
and relevant web links. Sonnets are grouped by period below and can also
be accessed quickly via an alphabetical list of authors." The site mainly
concentrates on sonnets from Great Britain but other areas are represented
as well.
"This site aims to offer a listing of major digitized heritage collections
and on-going digitization programmes worldwide. It is hoped that this will
provide a single focal point of information on digitized collections. This
site will act as the 'Memory of the World' virtual library offering direct
access to those collections, where permission to link has been granted."
Search or browse the database.
The project was developed in order to provide digital texts of Victorian
women writers. The collection is medium sized, but is still growing. The
site would be useful for someone looking up information on sometimes
obscure articles, poems, etceteras. Includes dates of original
publication, birth and death dates of the authors, and links to electronic
versions of journals from the period, societies which study this subject,
other electronic text projects, and related sites.
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