Preview Editions
Preview Editions are eBooks that have been constructed from transcriptions that
are in the public domain. These are complete editions with a table of contents
and hyphenation like the edited versions that can be downloaded from the Itty
Bitty Computer Library, but have not been edited to correct any typographical
or spelling errors that were contained in the original transcription. In
truth, these editions are built from the same text that is used by many other
eBook publishers that charge $0.99 - $3.50 for eBook classics, except that
those publishers don't insert the hyphenation that is built into the Itty
Bitty Computer version that you can get here.
The currently available preview editions include titles from
Victor Appleton,
Jane Austen,
J.M. Barrie,
L. Frank Baum,
Charlotte Bronte,
Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Willa Cather,
Lewis Carroll,
Giacomo Casanova,
G.K. Chesterton,
Joseph Conrad,
Marjorie Benton Cooke,
James Fenimore Cooper,
Stephen Crane,
Fyodor Dostoevsky,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
George Eliot,
Zane Grey,
the Brothers Grimm,
Thomas Hardy,
Bret Harte,
Washington Irving,
Rudyard Kipling,
Jack London,
W. Somerset Maugham,
Herman Melville,
Edgar Allan Poe,
Upton Sinclair,
C. Alphonso Smith,
Robert Louis Stevenson,
Bram Stoker,
Jonathan Swift,
Booth Tarkington,
Jules Verne,
and
P.G. Wodehouse.
The Jungle Book (1894)
The Jungle Book is one of
Rudyard Kipling's
best-loved books that tells the story of Mowgli, a boy who is raised by
wolves in the Indian jungle.
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling |
Size: 144 KB |
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Captains Courageous (1897)
A spoiled, rich kid is rescued by fishermen after he is swept overboard from
a luxury steamer.
Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling |
Size: 169 KB |
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Of Human Bondage (1915)
Somerset Maugham's masterpiece tells the story of Philip Carey,
a sensitive boy born with a clubfoot who is orphaned and raised by
a religious aunt and uncle. Philip yearns for adventure, and at
eighteen leaves home, eventually pursuing a career as an artist in
Paris. When he returns to London to study medicine, he meets the
androgynous but alluring Mildred Miller and begins a doomed love affair
that will change the course of his life. There is no more powerful
story of sexual infatuation, of human longing for connection and freedom.
Chapters 1 - 40
Of Human Bondage, volume I
by W. Somerset Maugham |
Size: 224 KB |
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Chapters 41 - 80
Of Human Bondage, volume II
by W. Somerset Maugham |
Size: 270 KB |
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Chapters 81 - 122
Of Human Bondage, volume III
by W. Somerset Maugham |
Size: 274 KB |
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The Moon and Sixpence (1919)
Loosely based on the life of painter Paul Gauguin, The Moon and
Sixpence is the story of Charles Strickland, a London stockbroker who
abandons a comfortable life in London to become a painter living in Parisian
squalor. It is told by a narrator who is the confidant of the painter's
wife.
The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham |
Size: 224 KB |
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Moby Dick (1851)
Moby Dick, Volume I
by Herman Melville |
Size: 250 KB |
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Moby Dick, Volume II
by Herman Melville |
Size: 230 KB |
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Moby Dick, Volume III
by Herman Melville |
Size: 200 KB |
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For Edgar Rice Burroughs fans, the IBC Library offers titles from the
Caprona,
Mars, and
Tarzan series.
You can find more choices here.
These ebooks are formatted for the
eReader.
You can get a free copy of the eReader
here.
The eReader was formerly known as the
PalmReader.
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