This library contains numerous full electronic texts for download. Due to their large size, many are in zip format. To read them: download, unzip, and browse offline. I believe this is the best way of dealing with them as I do not see too many people reading the entire text of the Iliad directly off their web browser! Also, once offline, you may reformat and print them out in a more friendly font. Smaller articles may be browsed directly off this website.

The Classics Collection

The classics supply the basis of most serious philosophical thoughts and explain each cultures own interpretations of the universe and how its people view the cosmos. Understanding this philosophy of a culture gives insight into the psyche and behavior.
Because there are so many excellent sources for Western literature (see Links below), this library will gear itself towards Eastern literature.
The Greek Classics
The Hindu Classics
The Buddhist Classics
The Chinese Classics




Links

Internet Classics Archive MIT site with an large collection of Greek and Roman classic and a smaller collection of Persian and Chinese texts.
Bartleby Digital Library See also Bartleby Archive. This is an electronic text library dedicated to accurate reproductions and free access to literature and reference materials.
Perseus Project Tufts University resourse library for studying ancient Greco-Roman literature, architecture, art, and geography.
The Alex Catalog An experimental catalog of electronic texts on the Internet
The On-Line Book Page An index of thousands of on-line books including many of the archives mentioned here.
Oxford Text Archive Oxford University site for reference books and electronic texts in dozens of languages.
Online Archive Public Domain books from gopher sites.
Bookwire Reading Room Another site for on-line Fiction & Non-fiction/Reference
Children's Literature Web Guide Not a source of on-line texts, but rather a guide to children's literature and web resources for such.
Eris Project Another gopher text archive
The English Server A humanities library covering a very wide range of topics.
Project Gutenberg One of the original archives of free on-line texts.
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