Project Gutenberg: free reading.

@marguicha (230350)
Chile
July 18, 2018 7:41pm CST
If you want to read free, don´t forget to check the Project Gutenberg. I imagine the name has to do with the creator of the printing press. I was talking about Jane Eyre in a post and I discovered that many people hadn´t read it. It is what I would call "a book for women". It is also a classic. The Brontë family was a literary family composed mainly by women. Charlotte Brontë was the autor of Jane Eyre, written with a male pseudonym and was first edited in 1847. But that is not important. What is important is that the book is interesting as it is also interesting Wuthering Heights, written by Charlotte´s sister Emily. And all that led me to read other old romantic books. They are all for free at Project Gutenberg. You don´t even have to cross the street.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
19 Jul 18
I bought for a very little fee several DVDs containing all the free books under The Project Gutenber.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
20 Jul 18
@LadyDuck I bet the Gutenberg project has less books then too. It is growing every day.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
I didn´t know that was offered.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
20 Jul 18
@marguicha It was many years ago, when Internet did not even exist.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
19 Jul 18
I visited Project Gutenberg a long time ago. I had forgotten about the site, but I read some stories in the past. Maybe I should go back and have another look.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
19 Jul 18
I visited the site again. There are so many books now. I would like to read some of the stories by O Henry.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
@Porcospino Now that you mentioned him. I have only read one very beautiful short story by him. I´ll check it.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
I went today to reread Jane Eyre.
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@popciclecold (40214)
• United States
19 Jul 18
Thanks for sharing, haven't read any of the books but I loved the movie Wuthering Heights.
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• United States
21 Jul 18
@marguicha Thank you for sharing.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
Jane Eyre is not a difficult book to read and it is as good as Wuthering Heights. You can check it for free at the Gutenberg project. It is easier to ask it by the name of the author, Charlotte Bronte.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 Jul 18
I never heard about this site, don't know the site is open for Indians as well. I will check for sure. Thanks for sharing.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
It is completely international. I can assure you of that.
@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
19 Jul 18
Is it an online plataform where we can read the books we want?
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
You can read only or you can download any book. I prefer to read online.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
20 Jul 18
@marguicha That is nice, I wasn't aware about this site
@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jul 18
That's nice. I wanna try it
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
Do. It is easy and absolutely free. You can also download any book if you want to.
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
20 Jul 18
@marguicha I thank you for sharing this
@rakski (156547)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
okay. I will try that. thanks
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
I decided to read again 2 books after I wrote this post. I just finished the second free book.
@sol_cee (38669)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
It is indeed free. A catchword for people who don't wanna spend money on books.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
It is a wonderful site open for everyone.
• Japan
19 Jul 18
I started using Project Gutenberg when there were just computers and not all these devices! Now there are also other sites such as manybooks.com (at least I think it is still going). I love reading older books so download a lot from these sites. Now you can download directly to your Kindle app.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
Gutenberg project now has all the classics and many more, specially in English.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
19 Jul 18
I have Jane Eyre. PAperback I bought it at the thrift store.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
19 Jul 18
I just read it again for free.