Does anyone else read the classics on line.....

[WCGreen]

I have been reading Sherlock Holmes stories and dickens, chapter by chapter on line at here....


http://www.online-literature.com/

[FuzzySlippers]

1. That looks like a great site! Thanks!

[SeattleGirl]

2. Thanks WC! I just bookmarked it.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I prefer to read things I can hold in my hands.......

I have a very comfortable reading couch with lamp and table next to me...

And a terrific ottoman to put my feet up on!

The computer malfunctions after it's been on awhile too....

So all in all, my serious reading gets done in my living room, not in my study.....

But whatever floats your boat!

I do think that having a cool website like that one is a terrific idea...

You don't have to buy the book in order to read it, and you don't have to wonder where you left it, either.....

So there are certainly advantages to doing it your way....

:hi:

[laheina]

12. I'm a bibliophile.

Not only do I like to read books, and hold books, I like to *buy* books.

Maybe one day I will curb that habit. :shrug:

[necso]

4. They have some Gogol,

but apparently not "The Nose"; however, it is available elsewhere online.

(Gogol is a master -- but forget about "Dead Souls".)

[NMMNG]

5. While I'm not typically one for reading books online

This looks like a handy link to have. Thanks WC! :hi:

[WCGreen]

8. You can read something like Moby Dick....

Chapter by chapter....

It's much less daunting reading that way when it is snippet by snippet.

[NMMNG]

17. Call me Ishmael

I could also peruse titles I don't normally come across in my travels in the library and stores. :-)

[WCGreen]

18. Yea, it is a good thing.....

And you can bookmark your spot and come back right where you left it....

[deadparrot]

6. Another great site for this is Project Gutenberg.

If you like this sort of thing.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

[WCGreen]

9. Thanks

[laheina]

11. They have lots of nifty books there!

Just browsing the catalog is fun. :)

[BikeWriter]

16. Another vote for Project Gutenberg.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. That site is great.

I read all of George Orwell's stuff on there.

[Minnesota Libra]

10. Hey, Thanks much for the link, this looks.....

.....cool. I can't always afford the books I'd like to read but now I'll have this link. Thanks much!!!! :pals:

[Wetzelbill]

13. awesome post

Way to go, WC!

[radwriter0555]

14. What a THRILL to find E.R. Burroughs science fiction series!!!!!! You just

made my month with this one... how excellent.

And for those who don't know, and few now do, Edgar Rice Burroughs invented Tarzan and literally invented science fiction, at the same time as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inventing Sherlock Holmes. Brilliant authors, both.

[PretzelWarrior]

15. yep. I copy/paste from Gutenberg project

lots of great stuff there. but I'll have to check out your site too

[LSK]

19. wow! 1984 is online - everyone should read it

http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/

[Atmashine]

20. Neat...

Thanks for the link!

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. Thanks!

I bookmarked it > This site is a wonderful thing for those of us with limited space

[mdmc]

22. kick

for after church

[StaggerLee]

23. Very nice

And into my bookmarks it goes!

:thumbsup:

[BigMcLargehuge]

24. yes, I reread Moby Dick, The War of the Worlds, and The Jungle

online

[Kathleen04]

25. Thanks!

:)