Language and Literature: Primary Sources

Electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920

Multilingual collections from antislavery writers

Full-text of Shakespeare works and links to criticism

Includes children's literature, mysteries, science fiction, romance, and science books.

Especially strong collection of slave narratives. Also Southern literature.

Searchable online literature. Also has a quotes library and discussion forums.

E-book classics and primary source documents. From the University of Pennsylvania Library.

E-book classics from the medieval and renaissance periods. From Tufts University.

The biggest collection of public domain e-books on the web. Many classics and primary sources.

Digitized classics and primary source documents.

E-books and other documents in history, literature, philosophy, religion, etc. From the University of Virginia Library.
Formerly known as the Virginia Electronic Text Center.

Information on African American literary movements and genres.

Digitized primary source documents. From Cornell University.

Digitized primary source documents from countries and cultures around the world. From the Library of Congress.

19th century American fiction e-books. From Indiana University.