Alex Catalog
of Electronic Texts (http://www.infomotions.com/alex/)
14,000 "classic"
public domain documents from
American and English literature as well as Western
philosophy.
American Verse
Project (University of Michigan)
(http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/)
170 volumes of American poetry published
prior to 1920. Most of the archive is made up of 19th century poetry,
although a few 18th century and early 20th century texts are included.
Bartleby.com
(http://www.bartelby.com/)
35 Reference
books, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers,
thesauri, quotation books and writing guides. 48 collections of poetry,
71 volumes of fiction and 58 collections of non-fiction material, mainly
philosophy.
Bibliomania
(http://www.bibliomania.com/)
2000 classic
texts, including 155 books of classic literature and 57 books of poetry,
mostly British and American; as well as 80 plays, mostly
Elizabethan.
Digital Book
Index
(http://www.digitalbookindex.org/about.htm)
140,000 free books, texts and
documents. The items listed as n/c can be downloaded free of charge.
Login is required. Note that the electronic
books are in a variety of formats, some of which may not be readable by
your computer.
EServer
Accessible Writings (Iowa State
University) (http://eserver.org/)
The EServer is an e-publishing co-op based
at Iowa State University where hundreds of writers, editors and scholars
gather to publish over 35,000 works free of charge. Their focus is on
short fiction, plays, and short poetry.
Etext
Center
(University of Virginia) (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/)
2100 literature and American
history books. Note that the electronic books are in a variety of
formats, some of which may not be readable by your computer.
Google Books
(http://books.google.com/)
This site contains
book previews from publishers as well as some full-text copies of out of
print books. Those items labeled "Full View" can be read
online.
National
Academics Press
http://www.nap.edu/
3,700 free
electronic books published by National Academics Press. To use, select
the book you want and click on "Full Text" on the left side of the page
under "Free Resources -Read".
Online Books
Page (University of
Pennsylvania) http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
More than 30,000 English works in various
formats. Any full-text book in English that the editor considers
significant could be found here. The books are sorted by Library of
Congress classification.
Project
Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
The oldest
producer of free electronic books on the internet. All were produced by
volunteers. There are 20,000 literature titles. Note that the electronic
books are in a variety of formats, some of which may not be readable by
your computer.
Read
Print
http://www.readprint.com/
Classic
works
by 100 authors, mainly British and American. Each author has a
biography. Especially strong in the works of Shakespeare. Very good
interface.
Universal
Library Project
(University of California
Press) http://texts.cdlib.org/ucpress
400 titles from
UCP's general electronic book collection. Any book marked "Public" next
to the title can be accessed.
Wright
American Fiction 1851-1875 (Indiana University) http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/
2880 nineteenth-century
American novels. An attempt to include every American novel from the
period.
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