Directory Sites

  • The Internet Public Library

    Online public library features directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials with special sections for youth.

    www.ipl.org

  • Gruntose

    Features selected electronic texts, including Doyle, Dumas, and Dana.

    www.gruntose.com

  • The Litrix Reading Room

    A sizeable online archive of literary texts, sorted by genre.

    www.litrix.com

  • The Society for the Appreciation of the Post-Dialogic Novel

    For theories on the status of the contemporary novel, reviewing texts in print form, with an eye toward the form's evolution via hypertexts and immersive environments.

    members.tripod.com

  • Master Texts

    Collection of English literature.

    www.mastertexts.com

  • Bartleby.com

    Etexts, focusing on classics and general reference works.

    www.bartleby.com

  • The Online Literature Library

    A small, but easily-navigated selection of online etexts from English literature.

    www.literature.org

  • Page by Page Books

    Hundreds of books in the public domain, divided into HTML pages.

    www.pagebypagebooks.com

  • Learn Library

    Offers books, poems, speeches, plays and essays; includes reader discussion forums.

    www.learnlibrary.com

  • byGosh.com

    Free, online illustrated childrens stories, 20 best out-of-copyright novels of the 20th century, out-of-copyright nonfiction of the 20th century. Also children's stories.

    www.bygosh.com

  • Literature Project

    A collection of classic books, poems, speeches, and plays. Site offers online chapter-indexed hypertext that can be easily read and searched and each piece includes downloadable e-text of the work.

    www.literatureproject.com

  • Literature Online

    Links to third party sites, plus literary and reference databases including English and American poetry, drama, and prose, and The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Requires paid subscription.

    lion.chadwyck.com

  • Hypertexts in American Studies

    American literature including works by Poe, Jefferson, Madison, and Twain.

    xroads.virginia.edu

  • Electronic Library of the Bath House

    Primary historical texts and relevant secondary sources pertaining to the bizarre Roman Emperor Elagabalus and related subjects. An offbeat, fascinating introduction to Imperial Roman history, starting on the fringe. Texts in HTML format.

    members.aol.com

  • Literature of the Fantastic

    A fair-sized collection of classic works of fantasy/sf, along with fantasy/sf-related websites.

    www.sff.net

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