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BenG · 07-01-2007, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

What am I talking about?

Well, I'm talking about "Melmoth The Wanderer," by Charles Robert Maturin, an incredible Gothic tale that mesmerized me and had me spellbound when I first studied it in a graduate course on the Gothic in Literature course a few years ago.

Don

Good choice! I'd love to read it again.
Speaking of "Gothic", it looks like Le Fanu's Carmilla hasn't been done yet. I think that will be my next project.

Studio717 · 07-04-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I've just realised, to my surprise, that nobody's posted any P.G.Wodehouse so far - one of the greatest humourists in the English language (IMHO). I've corrected this shocking oversight by posting "Right Ho, Jeeves", and shall post more in the near future.

Thank you for these.

Is there any chance of getting them all in an omnibus collection (is that a redundant phrase?)?

I can't wait to read them again. I still remember laughing so hard I cried and couldn't read the last time through.

HarryT · 07-05-2007, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Studio717

Thank you for these.

Is there any chance of getting them all in an omnibus collection (is that a redundant phrase?)?

I have no plans to do this for the Wodehouse.

Quote:

I can't wait to read them again. I still remember laughing so hard I cried and couldn't read the last time through.

Bear in mind that much of his most popular stuff (eg virtually all the "Jeeves and Wooster" books) are still under copyright protection. It's only his early books which I can post here, which represent a small fraction of the total.

Studio717 · 07-05-2007, 01:24 PM

Thanks for doing the ones that are available.

Since Mr. Wodehouse lived - and wrote, I believe - into his 90s, I'll just look upon his books slowly coming out of copyright as a gift that keeps on giving.

Patricia · 07-07-2007, 06:25 AM

I'm off on holiday tomorrow and plan to read the Prousts that I have done earlier, and check for typos. When I ge back I shall revise them and do some more in the series.

HarryT · 07-07-2007, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Studio717

Thanks for doing the ones that are available.

Since Mr. Wodehouse lived - and wrote, I believe - into his 90s, I'll just look upon his books slowly coming out of copyright as a gift that keeps on giving.

I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed

. Since Mr Wodehouse died in 1975, no more of his books will enter the public domain until 70 years after his death - ie at the start of 2046. You have quite a wait ahead of you...

aleks · 07-09-2007, 08:10 AM

HarryT,

No Dr Who books? There are (at least were) several available free from BBC. Could not resist as I saw the Dalek.

HarryT · 07-09-2007, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aleks

HarryT,

No Dr Who books? There are (at least were) several available free from BBC. Could not resist as I saw the Dalek.

We have to be very careful with that kind of thing. "Freely downloadable" doesn't mean "out of copyright", and we'd need the permission of the copyright holder to repost them here. With an organisation like the BBC, the bureaucracy involved in trying to get that permission doesn't bear thinking about

.

aleks · 07-09-2007, 01:06 PM

Absolutely agree, especially with the Beeb

Roy White · 07-11-2007, 10:10 PM

Just so everyone knows that is working on Books.. Dr. Drib take notice... (What an animal that guy is, a book makin machine!) I've gathered up what I belkieve to be all of Jack Londons Klondike tales (Not counting his Klondike Novels like White Fang and so on) and am formatting and cleaning now. I don;t think I'm going to hunt for any Great Klondike pics to go with them but who knows? I might get inspired...

So Far I've located 55 Specific Klondike Stories by him.. And searching high and low on the net for any I've missed..

So far here they are. If anyone wants to try and find some more.. This is what my TOC looks like so far... And yes. Dr.. I'm going to retype the all cap titles...

A Hyperborean Brew
A Klondike Christmas
An Odyssey of the North
Bald-Face
Brown Wolf
Flush of Gold
In a Far Country
Jack London
Love of Life
Nam-Bok, the Unveracious
Pluck and Pertinacity
The King of Mazy May
The Law of Life
The League of the Old Men
The Men of Forty-Mile
The Priestly Prerogative
The Seed of McCoy
The Shadow and the Flash
The Son of the Wolf
The Story of Keesh
The Sundog Trail
The Test: A Clondyke Wooing
The Unexpected
The White Man's Way
The White Silence
The Wife of a King
The Wisdom of the Trail
To Build a Fire
To The Man On The Trail
Too Much Gold
Up The Slide
The Faith of Men
The One Thousand Dozen
THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT
BÂTARD
THE STORY OF JEES UCK
The God Of His Fathers
THE GREAT INTERROGATION
WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER
SIWASH
THE MAN WITH THE GASH
JAN, THE UNREPENTANT
GRIT OF WOMEN
WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
AT THE RAINBOW'S END
THE SCORN OF WOMEN
Lost Face
Trust
That Spot
The Passing of Marcus O'Brien
The Wit of Porportuk
A DAY'S LODGING
NEGORE, THE COWARD
TWO GOLD BRICKS

Anything I'm missing?

RWood · 07-11-2007, 10:16 PM

Roy, even without retyped titles I want to read them. This is a far larger list than I remember from years gone by.

RWood · 07-11-2007, 10:24 PM

Oh, by the way, I want to do The Story of My Life by Clarence Darrow. The base text is from PGA.

aleks · 07-12-2007, 08:45 AM

Roy,

Thanks for providing a consolidated list. Looks like I need to get of my lazy butt and start contributing books.

Dr. Drib · 07-12-2007, 11:30 AM

Seriously, this will be an incredible read!

Don

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy White

A Hyperborean Brew
A Klondike Christmas
An Odyssey of the North
Bald-Face
Brown Wolf
Flush of Gold
In a Far Country
Jack London
Love of Life
Nam-Bok, the Unveracious
Pluck and Pertinacity
The King of Mazy May
The Law of Life
The League of the Old Men
The Men of Forty-Mile
The Priestly Prerogative
The Seed of McCoy
The Shadow and the Flash
The Son of the Wolf
The Story of Keesh
The Sundog Trail
The Test: A Clondyke Wooing
The Unexpected
The White Man's Way
The White Silence
The Wife of a King
The Wisdom of the Trail
To Build a Fire
To The Man On The Trail
Too Much Gold
Up The Slide
The Faith of Men
The One Thousand Dozen
THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT
BÂTARD
THE STORY OF JEES UCK
The God Of His Fathers
THE GREAT INTERROGATION
WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER
SIWASH
THE MAN WITH THE GASH
JAN, THE UNREPENTANT
GRIT OF WOMEN
WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
AT THE RAINBOW'S END
THE SCORN OF WOMEN
Lost Face
Trust
That Spot
The Passing of Marcus O'Brien
The Wit of Porportuk
A DAY'S LODGING
NEGORE, THE COWARD
TWO GOLD BRICKS

Anything I'm missing?

Nate the great · 07-12-2007, 02:31 PM

I am working on two ebooks right now.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin (about 85% done)

The Curious Republic of Gondour and other Whimsical Sketches by Mark Twain
This last one needs a lot of editing; the PG file has a table of contents that only mathches about half of what's actually in the file. ?!?

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07-05-2007, 01:24 PM	#154
Studio717 Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 575 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Device: Various Kindles, iPhone, iPad, Galaxy 10.1	Thanks for doing the ones that are available. Since Mr. Wodehouse lived - and wrote, I believe - into his 90s, I'll just look upon his books slowly coming out of copyright as a gift that keeps on giving.

07-07-2007, 06:25 AM	#155
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'm off on holiday tomorrow and plan to read the Prousts that I have done earlier, and check for typos. When I ge back I shall revise them and do some more in the series.

07-09-2007, 08:10 AM	#157
aleks Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 205 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Upstate NY Device: Rocket eBook & Sony Reader	HarryT, No Dr Who books? There are (at least were) several available free from BBC. Could not resist as I saw the Dalek.

07-09-2007, 01:06 PM	#159
aleks Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 205 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Upstate NY Device: Rocket eBook & Sony Reader	Absolutely agree, especially with the Beeb

07-11-2007, 10:10 PM	#160
Roy White Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 7696 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Turner, Oregon Device: Sony Reader	Just so everyone knows that is working on Books.. Dr. Drib take notice... (What an animal that guy is, a book makin machine!) I've gathered up what I belkieve to be all of Jack Londons Klondike tales (Not counting his Klondike Novels like White Fang and so on) and am formatting and cleaning now. I don;t think I'm going to hunt for any Great Klondike pics to go with them but who knows? I might get inspired... So Far I've located 55 Specific Klondike Stories by him.. And searching high and low on the net for any I've missed.. So far here they are. If anyone wants to try and find some more.. This is what my TOC looks like so far... And yes. Dr.. I'm going to retype the all cap titles... A Hyperborean Brew A Klondike Christmas An Odyssey of the North Bald-Face Brown Wolf Flush of Gold In a Far Country Jack London Love of Life Nam-Bok, the Unveracious Pluck and Pertinacity The King of Mazy May The Law of Life The League of the Old Men The Men of Forty-Mile The Priestly Prerogative The Seed of McCoy The Shadow and the Flash The Son of the Wolf The Story of Keesh The Sundog Trail The Test: A Clondyke Wooing The Unexpected The White Man's Way The White Silence The Wife of a King The Wisdom of the Trail To Build a Fire To The Man On The Trail Too Much Gold Up The Slide The Faith of Men The One Thousand Dozen THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT BÂTARD THE STORY OF JEES UCK The God Of His Fathers THE GREAT INTERROGATION WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER SIWASH THE MAN WITH THE GASH JAN, THE UNREPENTANT GRIT OF WOMEN WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA AT THE RAINBOW'S END THE SCORN OF WOMEN Lost Face Trust That Spot The Passing of Marcus O'Brien The Wit of Porportuk A DAY'S LODGING NEGORE, THE COWARD TWO GOLD BRICKS Anything I'm missing?

07-11-2007, 10:16 PM	#161
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Roy, even without retyped titles I want to read them. This is a far larger list than I remember from years gone by.

07-11-2007, 10:24 PM	#162
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Oh, by the way, I want to do The Story of My Life by Clarence Darrow. The base text is from PGA.

07-12-2007, 08:45 AM	#163
aleks Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 205 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Upstate NY Device: Rocket eBook & Sony Reader	Roy, Thanks for providing a consolidated list. Looks like I need to get of my lazy butt and start contributing books.

07-12-2007, 02:31 PM	#165
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I am working on two ebooks right now. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (about 85% done) The Curious Republic of Gondour and other Whimsical Sketches by Mark Twain This last one needs a lot of editing; the PG file has a table of contents that only mathches about half of what's actually in the file. ?!?

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