English Literature E-books
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A collection of free audiobooks for adults and children.
Access to free online copies of fiction, non-fiction, and reference books.
Access to poetry, fiction, non-fiction, short stories, reference materials, and study guides.
Free books and educational materials.
A collection of short stories.
- Early English Books Online - Some full text
Digital Library of the first 125,000 books printed in English from 1475-1700.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online - Full text
Searchable full-text access to works published in Great Britain from 1701-1800. Based on the English Short Title Catalog, this digital library now covers works in history, geography, literature, social sciences and fine arts. Philosophy and religion will be added in the spring of 2004.
A collection of free audiobooks in mp3 or m4b for iPod formats.
A collection of online books both fiction and non-fiction.
Google Book Search provides access to a variety of out-of-copyright works from major libraries, as well as in-copyright works provided by publishers and authors.
A collection of free audiorecordings of books in the public domain.
- Microsoft Live Book Search -- includes books from the British Library, New York Public Library, and Cornell University
- Middle English Compendium - Some full text
Middle English resources including the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a collection of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to other electronic resources.
- NetLibrary - Full text
Electronic books covering a wide range of scholarly topics including works by well-known authors and some literary criticism.
Provides a list of over 30,000 books available for free online.
- Open Content Alliance -- provided through the Internet Archive. Includes special collections such as the James Birney Collection of Anti-Slavery materials from JHU.
A collection of poems, short stories, essays, and fables.
- Project Gutenberg -- includes the text of more than 20,000 books whose US copyright protections have expired.
Digitally photographed copies of rare books.
Provides access to over 1 million digital books in various languages. Searchable by language, subject, publication year, title, and author.
