Wednesday, January 10, 2007

How To Read Classic Works Of Literature Online

Can you imagine a place on the web where you'd have access to over 20,000 books and could read them for free right on your computer? What if, with just a few clicks of your mouse you could enjoy timeless classics like Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or Ulysses by James Joyce?

Well, you can stop imagining and start reading when you visit Project Gutenberg, a site devoted to making
classic works of literature and other books in the public domain available to everyone at no cost!

There are several ways to find books at Project Gutenberg. Assuming you want to browse the online book catalog for something to read, here's how you'd do it:
  1. From the Project Gutenberg Main Page, click on Browse Book Catalog or Online Book Catalog.
  2. You'll arrive at the Online Book Catalog page where you'll have a choice to search by author, title, recently posted, Top 100, language, and more!
  3. Find something that interests you, click on the format you want to view the text in, and start reading it right on your computer screen!
If you've always wanted to catch up on the classics, this is the site for you!

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