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Stanart · 08-22-2007, 01:05 AM

Like many others here, I too am getting a Sony Reader through the credit card deal and so am also facing the decision of which 100 classic books to download through Sony Connect. I Googled for lists of best books of all time and found several lists but probably about half the books are still in copyright and so are not in the Sony classics collection. Here is a list of classics that I could find on Sony Connect:

Aeschylus The Oresteia (Agamemnon*, Libation Bearers*, Eumenides)
Alighieri, Dante The Divine Comedy*
Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio*
Austen, Jane Emma*
Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey*
Austen, Jane Persuasion*
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice*
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility*
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre*
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights*
Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland*
Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass
Cervantes, Miguel de Don Quixote*
Chopin, Kate The Awakening*
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim
Conrad, Joseph Nostromo
Conrad, Joseph The Secret Agent
Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations*
Dickens, Charles Hard Times*
Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist*
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment*
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov*
Douglas, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas*
Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo*
Ford, Ford Maddox The Good Soldier
Forster, E M A Room With a View*
Forster, E M Howards End
Forster, E M Where Angels Fear to Tread
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlett Letter
Homer The Illiad*
Homer The Odyssey*
Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*
James, Henry Daisy Miller
James, Henry Portrait of a Lady
James, Henry The Ambassadors
James, Henry The Wings of a Dove
James, William The Varieties of Religious Experience
Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James Dubliners
Lawrence, D H Sons and Lovers*
Lawrence, D H Women in Love
Lewis, Sinclair Babbit
Lewis, Sinclair Main Street
Machiavelli, Nicolo The Prince*
Marx, Carl & Engels, Frederick The Communist Manifesto*
Maugham, W Somerset Of Human Bondage*
Melville, Herman Moby Dick*
Milton, John Paradise Lost*
Paine, Thomas Common Sense
Plato The Republic
Poe, Edgar Allen The Works of Edgar Allen Poe*
Shakespeare, William Hamlet*
Shakespeare, William Othello
Shakespeare, William The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eight
Shakespeare, William The Tempest*
Shakespeare, William The Tragedy of King Lear*
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein*
Sinclair, Upton The Jungle
Sophocles The Antigone*
Sophocleds Oedipus the King*
Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stoker, Bram Dracula*
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels
Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair
Thoreau, Henry David On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Thoreau, Henry David Walden, or Life in the Woods
Tolsoty, Leo Anna Karenina
Tolsoty, Leo War and Peace*
Twain, Mark Huckleberry Finn*
Twain, Mark Tom Sawyer*
Virgil The Aeneid*
Washington, Booker T Up From Slavery
Wells, H G The Time Machine*
Wells, H G The War of the Worlds*
Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth
Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray*
The Koran

My apologies if the formatting of the list comes out goofy. The titles marked with asterix can also be found here in Mobilread to the best of my knowledge. There may be others that I missed and some are found within the Harvard Classics collection. There are only about 80 books here so there are still about 20 wildcard selections. Personally, I'm not sure that I will choose all of the books listed here. Also note that on the Connect site that Sony has their own list of 100 recommended classics in anticipation of us that are getting the 100 classics deal, and which I noticed included the 9/11 Report.

I hope that this will be of help to some.

By the way, I have really enjoyed Mobilread and think that there are a lot of great and congenial people here and especially appreciate those that have put in a lot of time and hard work formatting and uploading books.

08-22-2007, 01:05 AM	#40
Stanart Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 7385 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central California Device: Handspring Visor, Sony PRS-500 Reader	Like many others here, I too am getting a Sony Reader through the credit card deal and so am also facing the decision of which 100 classic books to download through Sony Connect. I Googled for lists of best books of all time and found several lists but probably about half the books are still in copyright and so are not in the Sony classics collection. Here is a list of classics that I could find on Sony Connect: Aeschylus The Oresteia (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) Alighieri, Dante The Divine Comedy* Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg, Ohio* Austen, Jane Emma* Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey* Austen, Jane Persuasion* Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice* Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility* Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre* Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights* Carroll, Lewis Alice in Wonderland* Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass Cervantes, Miguel de Don Quixote* Chopin, Kate The Awakening* Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph Nostromo Conrad, Joseph The Secret Agent Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles Great Expectations* Dickens, Charles Hard Times* Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist* Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment* Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov* Douglas, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas* Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo* Ford, Ford Maddox The Good Soldier Forster, E M A Room With a View* Forster, E M Howards End Forster, E M Where Angels Fear to Tread Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlett Letter Homer The Illiad* Homer The Odyssey* Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow* James, Henry Daisy Miller James, Henry Portrait of a Lady James, Henry The Ambassadors James, Henry The Wings of a Dove James, William The Varieties of Religious Experience Joyce, James A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James Dubliners Lawrence, D H Sons and Lovers* Lawrence, D H Women in Love Lewis, Sinclair Babbit Lewis, Sinclair Main Street Machiavelli, Nicolo The Prince* Marx, Carl & Engels, Frederick The Communist Manifesto* Maugham, W Somerset Of Human Bondage* Melville, Herman Moby Dick* Milton, John Paradise Lost* Paine, Thomas Common Sense Plato The Republic Poe, Edgar Allen The Works of Edgar Allen Poe* Shakespeare, William Hamlet* Shakespeare, William Othello Shakespeare, William The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eight Shakespeare, William The Tempest* Shakespeare, William The Tragedy of King Lear* Shelley, Mary Frankenstein* Sinclair, Upton The Jungle Sophocles The Antigone* Sophocleds Oedipus the King* Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus Stevenson, Robert Louis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stoker, Bram Dracula* Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair Thoreau, Henry David On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Thoreau, Henry David Walden, or Life in the Woods Tolsoty, Leo Anna Karenina Tolsoty, Leo War and Peace* Twain, Mark Huckleberry Finn* Twain, Mark Tom Sawyer* Virgil The Aeneid* Washington, Booker T Up From Slavery Wells, H G The Time Machine* Wells, H G The War of the Worlds* Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray* The Koran My apologies if the formatting of the list comes out goofy. The titles marked with asterix can also be found here in Mobilread to the best of my knowledge. There may be others that I missed and some are found within the Harvard Classics collection. There are only about 80 books here so there are still about 20 wildcard selections. Personally, I'm not sure that I will choose all of the books listed here. Also note that on the Connect site that Sony has their own list of 100 recommended classics in anticipation of us that are getting the 100 classics deal, and which I noticed included the 9/11 Report. I hope that this will be of help to some. By the way, I have really enjoyed Mobilread and think that there are a lot of great and congenial people here and especially appreciate those that have put in a lot of time and hard work formatting and uploading books.