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fine XHTML web editions of classic literature
Johann Peter Eckermann
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"Conversations Of Goethe" ; Eckermann, Soret ; 1835, 1906 / html . (231,000 words) (23 hour read) |
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"Conversations Of Goethe" ; Eckermann, Soret ; 1835, 1906 / epub . (660 KiB) |
Thomas Love Peacock
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"Headlong Hall" ; Peacock ; 1815, 1891 / html . (28,000 words) (3 hour read) |
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"Introduction to Headlong Hall" ; Garnett ; 1891 / html . (9500 words) (1 hour read) |
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"Headlong Hall"; Peacock; 1815, 1891 / epub. (192 KiB) |
This book was produced for Project Gutenberg – where the plain-text ASCII version is available.
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Joris-Karl Huysmans
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"Against The Grain" ; Huysmans ; 1884, 1922 / html . (60,000 words) (6 hour read) |
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"Against The Grain" ; Huysmans ; 1884, 1922 / epub . (288 KiB) |
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Epub, from the IDPF, seems a good candidate for the standard ebook format. It is straightforward and powerful — an assembly of other practical standards (essentially XHTML).
Here is a guide for Epub format ebook construction, and a (self-referential) Epub version of it.
A collection of the opinions, on widely varied topics, of one of the most eminent figures of literature. During the last ten years of Goethe's life, Eckermann, his secretary and friend, often met and spoke with him. He arranged his notes of these occasions into a journal format. As well as conversation, they present an informal and detailed mixture of scenes, events, and other biographical fragments related to Goethe. Includes all volumes: 1, 2, and 3. “The greatest German book there is.” – Nietzsche.
This is the first free, complete, globally accessible, digital version of this text available on the web.