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Sat Feb-25-06 12:43 AM
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Does anyone else read the classics on line..... |
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I have been reading Sherlock Holmes stories and dickens, chapter by chapter on line at here.... http://www.online-literature.com/
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Sat Feb-25-06 12:51 AM
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1. That looks like a great site! Thanks! |
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Sat Feb-25-06 12:53 AM
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2. Thanks WC! I just bookmarked it. |
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Sat Feb-25-06 12:54 AM
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3. I prefer to read things I can hold in my hands....... |
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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:
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Sat Feb-25-06 02:37 AM
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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:
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:03 AM
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but apparently not "The Nose"; however, it is available elsewhere online.
(Gogol is a master -- but forget about "Dead Souls".)
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:36 AM
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5. While I'm not typically one for reading books online |
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This looks like a handy link to have. Thanks WC! :hi:
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:54 AM
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8. You can read something like Moby Dick.... |
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Chapter by chapter....
It's much less daunting reading that way when it is snippet by snippet.
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:20 PM
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I could also peruse titles I don't normally come across in my travels in the library and stores. :-)
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Sun Feb-26-06 03:17 AM
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18. Yea, it is a good thing..... |
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And you can bookmark your spot and come back right where you left it....
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:43 AM
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6. Another great site for this is Project Gutenberg. |
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If you like this sort of thing. http://www.gutenberg.org/
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Sat Feb-25-06 02:34 AM
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11. They have lots of nifty books there! |
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Just browsing the catalog is fun. :)
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Sat Feb-25-06 07:53 AM
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16. Another vote for Project Gutenberg. |
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:49 AM
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I read all of George Orwell's stuff on there.
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Sat Feb-25-06 01:56 AM
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10. Hey, Thanks much for the link, this looks..... |
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.....cool. I can't always afford the books I'd like to read but now I'll have this link. Thanks much!!!! :pals:
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Sat Feb-25-06 02:52 AM
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14. What a THRILL to find E.R. Burroughs science fiction series!!!!!! You just |
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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.
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Sat Feb-25-06 02:56 AM
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15. yep. I copy/paste from Gutenberg project |
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lots of great stuff there. but I'll have to check out your site too
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Sun Feb-26-06 03:36 AM
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19. wow! 1984 is online - everyone should read it |
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Edited on Sun Feb-26-06 09:48 AM by JitterbugPerfume
I bookmarked it > This site is a wonderful thing for those of us with limited space
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Sun Feb-26-06 10:49 AM
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And into my bookmarks it goes!
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Sun Feb-26-06 11:04 AM
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24. yes, I reread Moby Dick, The War of the Worlds, and The Jungle |
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