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- Read any one of thousands of classic books free at this site. The
archives include the works of Shakespeare, religious and historical documents,
children's fairy tales, Greek and Roman classics, and books by famous American
authors of the 19th century.
A Short
History of the World - by H.G. Wells, 1922 - "Wells’s two-volume
Outline of History published in 1920 was the first general history constructed
on an evolutionary, sociological, and anthropological basis. It was immensely
popular and set the basis for this Short History, which Wells created 'to meet
the needs of the busy general reader, too driven to study the maps and time
charts of that Outline in detail, who wishes to refresh and repair his faded
or fragmentary conceptions of the great adventure of mankind.' "
ALEX
- A Catalogue of over 1800 Electronic Texts on the Internet
Absolute
Shakespeare - Online resource for
William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the
legendary Globe Theatre. Also includes study guides, quiz and a timeline.
Alibris
- source for used, rare, and hard-to-find books
AllReaders.com - Search by any combination of over 2,000 literary criteria to find
precisely the kind of book you're looking for.
American Hypertexts - online texts of
American literature: Creve Coeur, de Tocqueville, Henry Adams, Mark Twain and
more.
American
Writers - On this companion web site for a C-SPAN special series,
this site offers an in-depth look at 45 American writers who helped shape a
nation, featuring biographical and historical background information for each
featured author.
AntiStudy.com
- A search engine that searches for free cliff notes online from all the major
book notes sites such as Sparknotes and Pinkmonkey. The site makes it easy to
find study guides on over 500 novels, plays, and poems.
Arts & Letters
Daily - This site delivers updated report of news and reviews in
the field of Arts and Letters - the latest trends, breakthroughs, disputes,
and gossip. Featured sections include announcements of new books and articles
of note and essays and opinions from many online publications.
W. H. Auden
Society - "The W. H. Auden Society commemorates the life and work
of one of the greatest poets in the English language."
AwardWeb:
Collections of Literary Award Information - collection of annotated
links to lists of science fiction literary awards, including the: Bram Stoker,
Campbell, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Dick, Tiptree, and many others. Other
book award links cover general U.S. literary, mystery, and children's as well
as the national prizes for Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
BBC Bookcase - Site provides literary news, features, and games
along with an animated history of books guided Shakespeare.
Bartlett, John - Familiar Quotations,
9th ed.
Best Book
Buys - site compares prices at 28 independent and chain online
bookstores. Your search will show whether a book is in stock or back-ordered,
how soon it will be shipped, and the approximate shipping cost.
Bibliofind - the largest book search site with over 20 million old books, used
books, rare books, out of print books, antiquarian books, offered by over 1000
booksellers around the world.
Bibliophile.net - "The web site for
everyone interested in reading, buying and selling books."
Book Collector's
Home - information about rare books
and book collecting. Included are tips on preservation, book dealers,
appraisals, identifying first editions, signed books, collectible authors, and
much more that would be of interest to both the amateur or serious collector.
Book Magazine - "Book goes beyond book reviews to cover the whole
world of books, from all angles. In Book, you'll read about authors at home
and at work; publishing news, trends and issues; great bookstores; exciting
literary locations; and technological developments affecting books. You'll
find excerpts, essays and fiction by leading writers and new voices. And
you'll get plenty of book reviews, too: more than 50 in every issue!"
Bookreporter.com - explore the latest
book reviews while interacting with other involved literary experts and
popular authors from around the world.
Book Talk
- nightly moderated discussions and RealAudio readings by authors.
Books In
Depth - site consolidates in one place
not only links to book reviews in newspapers, but also to excerpting sources,
interviews features, and sources for rare and hard-to-find books.
Bookwolf - Site offers free book notes, homework help and message boards for
high school and college students.
Bronte, Emily -
Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Burroughs, Edgar Rice - Literary Works,
Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Cambridge History of English and American Literature - All eighteen volumes of this distinguished scholarly encyclopaedia
are now on the Web, thanks to Bartleby.com.
Carroll, Lewis -
Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
A
Celebration of Women Writers - Find
links to Dorothy Parker, Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf and a whole slew of
other great authors and their works.
Cervantes International Bibliography -
An annual bibliography about the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes
(1547-1616).
Chapter One - peruse the first chapters of
select new fiction and non-fiction compliments of The Washington Post
Chaucer,
Geoffrey 1343?-1400 - An Annotated Guide lists, evaluates, and
describes many Chaucer-related Web sites. Topics covered include biography,
background, commentary, images, study guides, and more.
ClassicBookshelf.com - "We offer free
electronic classic books in a new Java format which makes them far easier to
read on a computer screen than any other electronic book existing today."
Classic
Reader - At this site you can read,
search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens,
Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. The collection currently contains 651
books and 906 short stories by 196 authors. New works are added to the
collection on a regular basis, many at the suggestion of readers.
ClassicsNotes
- site provides free literature summaries and analysis.
Classic
Reader - At this site you can read,
search, and annotate great works of literature by authors such as Dickens,
Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and many others. The collection currently contains 743
books and 1041 short stories by 211 authors.
Classics
Unveiled - "The ultimate source in Classical studies with
information on Greek Mythology, Roman History, Roman Life and Latin Vocabulary
and Derivatives."
Concordances
of Great Books - Over 200 classics of literature are here, in the
genres of fiction, poetry, philosophy, religion, drama, and history.
Currently, over 80 authors are represented. You can view the list
alphabetically, or by author. Once you make a selection, search to find a
particular passage within the book.
Darwin, Charles
- Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Descartes - Literary Works, Courtesy of The
Online Literature Library
Dickens, Charles
- Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Literary Works,
Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Dracula - by
Bram Stoker
English
Server - Carnegie Mellon University
Fascinating Facts About the Library of Congress
- The Library of
Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items
on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than
18 million books, 2.5 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.5 million
maps, and 54 million manuscripts. Other facts and information available at the
site provided by the Library of Congress.
Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury -
William Faulkner's fourth novel, first published on October 7, 1929, is a
difficult work that has posed many problems for both readers and teachers.
This hypertext of the novel and related materials is designed as a unique
means of exploring the text of the novel, and of augmenting its study, for all
levels of readers.
Fiction Page -
Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University
Flatland - The complete Edwin Abbott
science fiction fantasy, "Flatland."
Fooling with Words - Based on the 1998
PBS poetry special, this site features the works of 21 poets reading and
talking about their work. You'll also find links to dozens of other poetry
sites.
FreeBooknotes.com - Looking for free study guides, book notes, or
book summaries online? You've come to the right place. Site lists over 200
books, and has indexed book notes from all the major study guide sites.
Great
Authors of 19th Century Literature - "Biographies, works and life
of great authors and poets from the 19th century including Mark Twain, Edgar
Allen Poe, Victor Hugo, and many others "
Grey, Zane - 1872-1939 (Zane Grey’s West Society)
- This romantic
western author is responsible for 57 novels, 10 nonfictions titles, 130
movies, and for creating the "myth of the West." Essays on his importance to
cowboy literature, bibliography, flexography, and a biography are included.
Also includes his fishing records, the geography of his writing, book and film
collectors FAQ, information on the annual convention, links to bookstores that
have extensive holdings of his titles, and links to related museums.
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - formatted version of the complete text of Gulliver's Travels,
supported by accompanying materials for study and research
HarperAudio
- "Heard any Good Books Lately?"
The Harvard
Classics The Shelf of Fiction - The
most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both
the 50-volume “5-foot shelf of books” and the the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction.
Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion,
folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century.
Hyperizons - The Search for Hypertext Fiction
Henrik Ibsen - "that you can't, that will surely be forgiven - but never that you
won't."
International
Standard Book Number (ISBN) - During the nineteenth century there
developed in the U.K. and the U.S. pioneering efforts to systemize and
cumulate the catalogues of publishers' output, to the benefit of booksellers,
wholesalers and librarians." The Standard Book Number is the result of these
efforts. Use this site to study this numbering scheme and discover its
history.
Internet Classics Archive, The. -
searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in
English translation) with user-provided commentary
Kidsreads.com
- "site for children 6-12. Listed as a Yahooligan destination for children,
the site's mascot, Booker T. Worm, guides readers through titles that include
series books, new titles and author features. Reading lists and reviews are
grouped by reader ability."
Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America - site from
the Library of Congress, "presents a tapestry of the impressions that endure
in our collective imagination of the American land and its culture."
Legends - "Exploring the lore surrounding Robin Hood, King Arthur, Pirates &
Privateers, and other swashbuckling characters..." Enjoy detailed information
on ballads and broadsides, learn about the original tales behind some of
Shakespeare's famous plays, or just peruse the broad selection of book
reviews.
Links to
Literature - a directory that contains
more than nine thousand organized, annotated links to literature
resources--all browsable by author.
Literary
Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary -
The aim of The Literary Encyclopaedia and Literary Dictionary is to provide
profiles of the lives and works of literary authors whose works are valued in
the English language, and to do so within an electronic publication which will
enable readers to explore literary history as never before.
Literary Kicks - "The Beat Generation,
Kerouac, Ginsberg, et. al."
Literature - WorldWideWeb Virtual Library
MX Bookfinder
- this is the search engine to start with for used, fine, and out-of-print
books. It searches Advanced Book Exchange, Amazon, Antiqbook, Bibliocity,
Interloc, and Powell's Books at once.
Macbeth
In-depth - annotations, summaries, analysis, CD-ROM reviews,
discussions, and links for the great play.
Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: An Electronic
Edition - Features editions of all of
Marlowe's plays, his two known poetic works, his translations of Ovid and
Lucan, his short miscellaneous works and others.
Melville, Herman - Bartleby, the
Scrivener. A Story of Wall-street.
Henry Miller
Library - located in Big Sur. Online
journal, events calendar and forum.
Milton, John -
Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Mississippi Writers Page, The - "site about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state
of Mississippi," including William Faulkner, Shelby Foote, John Grisham,
Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Tennessee Williams, civil rights activist Medgar
Evars, and others.
Modern
American Poetry - A collection of over 150 poets that "includes
excerpts from interesting analyses of poems, biographical information,
relevant illustrations (such as book jackets, broadsides, paintings, drawings,
comics, and photographs), manuscripts, drafts of poems, bibliographies,
historical background, statements on poetics, interviews, mini-essays on
important issues pertinent to the poet, book reviews, archival resources, and
study questions."
The Modern Library: 100 Best - a list of the 100 "best novels published in the English language
since 1900." Number one on the list? James Joyce's "Ulysses." Number 100? "The
Magnificent Ambersons," by Booth Tarkington. Stop by to see what lies in
between.
The Modern Word
- Site is a large network of sites developed to explore twentieth century
writers who have pushed the envelope of traditional narrative and structure.
This includes many writers associated with Modernism, surrealism, "magical
realism," and postmodernism.
NovelGuide - site provides an educational supplement for better understanding
of classic and contemporary literature through Chapter Summaries, Character
Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.
Online
Medieval & Classical Library -
searchable full-text collection of over thirty literary works from classical
and medieval Europe. In addition to the search function, the site can be
browsed by author, title, genre, or language.
PEN America - a consortia of poets, playwrights, essayists, editors and novelists
(thus PEN), contains a variety of works, opinions and essays from such noted
writers.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A
Research and Reference Guide, this searchable site provides outlines and
bibliographies of hundreds of authors, themes, and literary movements in the
U.S. from colonial days to the present. There are many appendices, including
the elements of poetry, drama, and fiction.
PinkMonkey.com
- Literature Notes, Literature Classics, Study Guides and Online Textbooks.
Poe, Edgar Allan - Literary Works, Courtesy
of The Online Literature Library
Poet's Corner -
Over 4000 poems, representing the work of almost 500 poets, have been compiled
at this site.
Poetry 180
- Welcome to Poetry 180. Poetry can and should be an important part of our
daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a
member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each
day, new worlds can be revealed.
Powell's Books
- "The Largest New and Used Bookstore in the World."
Publishers
Lunch - a daily book publishing news
and information site.
Pulitzer Prize Winners 2001 - Site offers a list of the 2001
Pulitzer winners and their citations, the finalists, links to the works, short
biographies, and lists of jurors. Winners from previous years also available.
Real Books
- includes a collection of first chapters of books reviewed in Knight Ridder
newspapers
Salon.com: Books - Book reviews and
much more literature related features from Salon.com.
SearcheBooks.com - a search engine that indexes the full text of
thousands of online books. Site offers a simple keyword search interface and
caches the versions of pages that its robots find, and returns two URLs for
each hit, one for the provider's page, and one for the full text of the book.
Shelley, Mary - Literary Works, Courtesy of
The Online Literature Library
Short
Stories - free classic short stories
sorted by genre: fiction, nonfictions, children, humour, romance, science,
etc. fiction,
SimonSays.com - Offers live author events, reader reviews, subject and
title-driven forums, and access to and information about 11,000 titles
Spark Notes - Created by Harvard University students and alumni, SparkNotes is a
collection of free online study guides to approximately 100 literature
classics. Each SparkNote contains sections on context, characters, overall
summary, chapter-by-chapter summary and commentary, study questions, and a
message board for collaborative learning.
Stoker, Bram -
Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literature Library
Teenreads.com
- "a site where teens sound off about the books and issues they care
about."
Thoreau
Reader, The - site includes three
complete books and four essays by Henry David Thoreau, with a brief
introduction, annotated copies of Walden and Civil Disobedience, the Walden
Express for students, and links to other Thoreau and Walden sites.
Troutworks
Mystery Guide - reviews of hundreds of novels, sorted by author and
sub-genre (thriller, private-eye, historical). Each entry includes quick
facts, 1- to 5-star ratings, and links to similar works by other authors.
Twain, Mark -
Literary Works, Courtesy of The Online Literatue Library
Ulysses - by
James Joyce
Used
Books Search - A used books search
engine for secondhand, rare and out of print books. Search, browse and buy
online from thousands of bookstores worldwide.
Verne, Jules - Literary Works, Courtesy of
The Online Literatue Library
The
World eBook Library - This site has thousands of downloadable
ebooks, including classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of
languages and countries around the world. You can browse and search by author
and title.