Electronic Texts

These directories contain sets of public domain electronic texts. Only "classic" texts -- items that have stood the test of time -- are included here. They are used as the raw material for the Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts. The collection emphasizes American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

With the exception of the Project Gutenberg texts, each item is saved alphabetically by file name in a directory representing the century it was written. Each file name is divided into three parts: the last name of the author, the first word of the work, and a local accession number. For example, Shakespeare's Hamlet has been saved as shakespeare-hamlet-23.txt. Simple RDF/XML versions of the texts have been created allowing the texts' metadata to be explicitly "married" to the text itself. This also allows the files to be displayed in a manner (somewhat) suited for printing. The RDF/XML files have the same naming structure as their plain text counterparts but are given a .rdf extension. For example, the RDF/XML version of Hamlet is available as shakespeare-hamlet-23.rdf.

The Gutenberg texts are saved in their original form using their original directory structure. (Ick!) Only plain text items have been mirrored here. The items included in the Alex Catalogue are the items with the .rdf and .htm extensions.

 Name                        Last modified      Size  Description
 Parent Directory                                 -   
 barrie-peter-277.htm        05-Nov-2009 13:05  275K  
 barrie-peter-277.rdf        16-Apr-2007 12:17  272K  
 barrie-peter-277.txt        11-Oct-2006 10:42  253K  
 buchan-thirty-290.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:06  221K  
 buchan-thirty-290.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:18  218K  
 buchan-thirty-290.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42  209K  
 burnett-secret-313.htm      05-Nov-2009 13:06  465K  
 burnett-secret-313.rdf      16-Apr-2007 12:19  462K  
 burnett-secret-313.txt      11-Oct-2006 10:42  424K  
 butler-way-362.htm          05-Nov-2009 13:08  878K  
 butler-way-362.rdf          16-Apr-2007 12:20  875K  
 butler-way-362.txt          11-Oct-2006 10:42  858K  
 conrad-heart-372.htm        05-Nov-2009 13:09  219K  
 conrad-heart-372.rdf        16-Apr-2007 12:21  216K  
 conrad-heart-372.txt        11-Oct-2006 10:42  208K  
 conrad-lord-373.htm         05-Nov-2009 13:09  728K  
 conrad-lord-373.rdf         16-Apr-2007 12:21  725K  
 conrad-lord-373.txt         11-Oct-2006 10:42  699K  
 conrad-secret-555.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:09   97K  
 conrad-secret-555.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:21   93K  
 conrad-secret-555.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42   88K  
 doyle-hound-383.htm         05-Nov-2009 13:12  337K  
 doyle-hound-383.rdf         16-Apr-2007 12:23  333K  
 doyle-hound-383.txt         11-Oct-2006 10:42  316K  
 doyle-lost-385.htm          05-Nov-2009 13:12  434K  
 doyle-lost-385.rdf          16-Apr-2007 12:23  430K  
 doyle-lost-385.txt          11-Oct-2006 10:42  415K  
 doyle-poison-387.htm        05-Nov-2009 13:12  174K  
 doyle-poison-387.rdf        16-Apr-2007 12:23  171K  
 doyle-poison-387.txt        11-Oct-2006 10:42  161K  
 doyle-return-388.htm        05-Nov-2009 13:12  636K  
 doyle-return-388.rdf        16-Apr-2007 12:23  633K  
 doyle-return-388.txt        11-Oct-2006 10:42  603K  
 doyle-sign-389.htm          05-Nov-2009 13:12  245K  
 doyle-sign-389.rdf          16-Apr-2007 12:23  241K  
 doyle-sign-389.txt          11-Oct-2006 10:42  229K  
 doyle-through-391.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:12  269K  
 doyle-through-391.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:24  265K  
 doyle-through-391.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42  258K  
 doyle-valley-392-orig.txt   11-Oct-2006 10:42  320K  
 doyle-valley-392.htm        05-Nov-2009 13:12  346K  
 doyle-valley-392.rdf        16-Apr-2007 12:24  342K  
 doyle-valley-392.txt        11-Oct-2006 10:42  320K  
 kipling-kim-149.htm         05-Nov-2009 13:26  610K  
 kipling-kim-149.rdf         16-Apr-2007 12:34  607K  
 kipling-kim-149.txt         11-Oct-2006 10:42  572K  
 morley-parnassus-222.htm    05-Nov-2009 13:32  206K  
 morley-parnassus-222.rdf    16-Apr-2007 12:39  203K  
 morley-parnassus-222.txt    11-Oct-2006 10:42  191K  
 orczy-scarlet-225.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:32  502K  
 orczy-scarlet-225.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:39  497K  
 orczy-scarlet-225.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42  476K  
 saki-chronicles-151.htm     05-Nov-2009 13:45  313K  
 saki-chronicles-151.rdf     16-Apr-2007 12:49  310K  
 saki-chronicles-151.txt     11-Oct-2006 10:42  297K  
 saki-reginald-152.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:45  134K  
 saki-reginald-152.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:49  131K  
 saki-reginald-152.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42  125K  
 saki-reginald-153.htm       05-Nov-2009 13:45   86K  
 saki-reginald-153.rdf       16-Apr-2007 12:49   83K  
 saki-reginald-153.txt       11-Oct-2006 10:42   79K  
 saki-unbearable-618.htm     05-Nov-2009 13:45  302K  
 saki-unbearable-618.rdf     16-Apr-2007 12:49  299K  
 saki-unbearable-618.txt     11-Oct-2006 10:42  288K  
 stoker-draculas-169.htm     05-Nov-2009 13:52   38K  
 stoker-draculas-169.rdf     16-Apr-2007 12:54   35K  
 stoker-draculas-169.txt     11-Oct-2006 10:42   32K  
 twain-ghost-727.htm         05-Nov-2009 13:54   19K  
 twain-ghost-727.rdf         16-Apr-2007 12:56   15K  
 twain-ghost-727.txt         11-Oct-2006 10:42   13K