ANNOTATED e-BOOKS

Here you can find many of the books that you will study during the next year. These books are all pubic domain, that is, they can be freely distributed, copied and printed, as long as you mention the source. These activities do not infringe the laws of copiright, which protect intellecutal property worldwide.

Actually many of these books can be downloaded for free from many places from the internet, such as WORDTHEQUE @ Logos
or Project Gutenberg

However, the books you can find here offer something extra:

Fistly, they are fully formatted, so that when printed, they look like real books, with the text on two columns that emulate the opened facing pages of physical books.
Secondly, they are wholly annotated. Every difficult word, phrase, toponymic, geographical or historical term are explained in footnotes.

This, we hope will make your lives a lot easier. You can print out these books or read then on the screen of your computer, thus sparing a lot of money. Besides, the annotations will make the use of a dictionary much less frequent, which will result in faster reading times. Instead of looking up every unknown word in a dictionary, you will find them located conveniently at the bottom of the page.

This project, coordinated by Dr. Adrian Otoiu, was carried out by a number of students enrolled at Universitatea de Nord, during the last three years. Here is a list of these students:

Carmen Astilean, Noemi Balajti, Camelia Berceni, Radu Bichiri, Maria Buciuman, Delia Bura, Simona Calescu, Claudia Cin, Lavinia Colceriu, Alina Curt, Luminita Dobricean, Janina Grecu, Dragos Hojda, Ileana Hojda, Adelina Ivan, Brigita Karpacs, Liviu Magda, Ileana Manaila, Paula Muscalu, Alina Ofrim, Niculina Padurean, Ancuta Prodan, Liviu Puicar, Diana Rus, Steluta Sanislau, Claudia Sarca, Andreea Solduban, Simona Somotecan, Ionela Stanciu, Simina Sustic, Raluca Tamasan, Mirabela Vancea, Monica Varga, Giulia Vanca, Dana Visan, Mirabela Vancea, Orsolya Vicsay, Loredana Vlasin, Luciana Zagrean.

All the text files hosted here are Public Domain, which means we are not infringing any copyright law by posting them here on this website. I have preserved the indication relative to the source of every text file, which is visible on the first two pages of the ebook. Most of the ebooks here have been produced by volunteers (students, graduate students, librarians and interns) from various countries. We are grateful to them for their free unpaid work and we have acknowledged their names every time. Most of the ebooks originate from Project Gutenberg Adelaide, Australia or from Virginia e-Text.

In order to get the files, click on the links below (the titles underlined and written in blue) and then choos SAVE AS..., when prompted. Choose a proper location for your download --say, the desktop-- and then hit OK to start the download.

The files are Microsoft Word documents, and have been archived (that is, compacted to minimize their dimensions) in the popular ZIP format. Normally your computer should have the WinZip program that is used to open such archived files. In case you don't have it, you may download it from here, or here, or here.

To make sure that the ebooks print correctly, you should have the Garamond fonts (that is, letter characters) installed on your computer. In order to check if you have them, open Mcrosoft Word, locate the font scroll list on the toolbar (usually it is located in the left side of the second row on top of your screen), and scroll down to see if Garamond is present there. If it is not, you may download Garamond from here (Garamond.zip). In this ZIP archive are three font files for Normal, Italic and Bold, plus a fourth file explaining you what to do in order to install the fonts.

Year Term Subject Author and title Format File size Pages to read Pages to print
face/verso

1

2

British Literature - The Augustan Age
GO to the NEW page for Augustan Age Literature reading - new and growing
Aphra BEHN - Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave 87kB 70 19

Mary WOLLSTONCRAFT - A Vindication of the Rights of Women kB

Daniel DEFOE - Robinson Crusoe
or as Mp3 AudioBook 130 MB 286kB 253 63

Jonathan SWIFT - Gulliver's Travels 289kB 284 72

Jonathan SWIFT - A Modest Proposal 21 kB

Henry FIELDING - Jonathan Wild the Great 213kB 53 210

Samuel RICHARDSON - Pamela 500KB 512 129

Laurence STERNE - The Life and Adventures of Tristram Shandy - selected fragments 48 13 59kB

Mary SHELLEY - Frankenstein
or as MP3 audiobook (88 MB)

Jane AUSTEN - Sense and Sensibility - for Group A

Jane AUSTEN - Northanger Abbey - for Group B . . .

2

1

British Literature - Romanticism & the Victorian Age
Laurence STERNE - The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy

Elizabeth GASKELL - North and South

Charles DICKENS - Hard Times

George ELIOT - The Mill on the Floss

Thomas HARDY - The Woodlanders ZIP PDF. Archive. 3 MB 425 108

Thomas HARDY - Jude the Obscure (annotated 75%) ZIP PDF. Password. 3,48 MB 539 135

Thomas HARDY - Abbreviated "Jude the Obscure" for very lazy students (but still better than nothing)(no annotations, as this is 5th grade material...) ZIP PDF. Paswword. 2,58 MB 73 25

2

2

British Literature - The Victorian Counter-canon
Oscar WILDE - The Importance of Being Earnest - to be coming soon...

Oscar WILDE - The Portrait of Dorian Gray
or as MP3 audiobook (80 MB) 217 55

Charlotte BRONTE - Wuthering Heights 330 84

Emily BRONTE - Jane Eyre

Robert Louis STEVENSON - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

H.G. WELLS - The Invisible Man in two variants by different annotators:
Variant A (Ofrim)- 125 pages, 385 annotations (some empty)
Variant B (Bichiri)- 151 pages (more legible); 600 annotations - much more complete
Invisible Man - MP3 audiobook (if you prefer listening to the text)

Rudyard KIPLING - Kim

Lewis CARROLL - Through the Looking Glass

Joseph CONRAD - The Secret Agent - to be coming...

Joseph CONRAD -Heart of Darkness
or as MP3 audiobook 112 MB

2

2

British Literature - Modernism
Go to the NEW course page for Modernism to download the latest versions!
James JOYCE - The Dead

Virginia WOOLF - To the Lighthouse

3

2

British Literature - Late Modernism & Postwar Literature
Aldous HUXLEY - Brave New World .

George ORWELL - Animal Farm (PDF file) PDF . 120 33

George ORWELL - 1984 (PDF file) PDF . . .

Malcolm LOWRY - Under the Volcano
(died June 26 1957, so his texts are now public domain, no longer under copyright provisions) PDF 12 MB! 377 98

3

2

American Literature - Nineteenth Century and Early Modernism
Washington IRVING - Sleepy Hollow -- eBook formatted but without annotations 38 kB 28 7

H.D. THOREAU - Walden -- eBook formatted but without annotations 285 kB 234 59

3

1

American Literature - Twentieth Century - Modernism
Notes on William Faulkner (on "As I Lay Dying" and "Light in August")

Notes on "As I Lay Dying and "Light in August" in EPUB format EPUB = an easy-on-the-eyes format for which you need to install Adobe Digital Editions or Mobipocket for reading on a PC,notebook, smartphone or ereader. Passworded archive. 2.5 MB

3

1

Postcolonial studies
Chinua Achebe - notes on Things Fall Apart ZIP PDF. Password 1,4 MB 167 42

3

1

Postmodernism
.

Year	Term	Subject	Author and title	Format	File size	Pages to read	Pages to print face/verso
1	2	British Literature - The Augustan Age GO to the NEW page for Augustan Age Literature reading - new and growing	Aphra BEHN - Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave		87kB	70	19
			Mary WOLLSTONCRAFT - A Vindication of the Rights of Women		kB
			Daniel DEFOE - Robinson Crusoe or as Mp3 AudioBook 130 MB		286kB	253	63
			Jonathan SWIFT - Gulliver's Travels		289kB	284	72
			Jonathan SWIFT - A Modest Proposal		21 kB
			Henry FIELDING - Jonathan Wild the Great		213kB	53	210
			Samuel RICHARDSON - Pamela		500KB	512	129
			Laurence STERNE - The Life and Adventures of Tristram Shandy - selected fragments		48	13	59kB
			Mary SHELLEY - Frankenstein or as MP3 audiobook (88 MB)
			Jane AUSTEN - Sense and Sensibility - for Group A
			Jane AUSTEN - Northanger Abbey - for Group B		.	.	.
2	1	British Literature - Romanticism & the Victorian Age	Laurence STERNE - The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy
			Elizabeth GASKELL - North and South
			Charles DICKENS - Hard Times
			George ELIOT - The Mill on the Floss
			Thomas HARDY - The Woodlanders	ZIP PDF. Archive.	3 MB	425	108
			Thomas HARDY - Jude the Obscure (annotated 75%)	ZIP PDF. Password.	3,48 MB	539	135
			Thomas HARDY - Abbreviated "Jude the Obscure" for very lazy students (but still better than nothing)(no annotations, as this is 5th grade material...)	ZIP PDF. Paswword.	2,58 MB	73	25
2	2	British Literature - The Victorian Counter-canon	Oscar WILDE - The Importance of Being Earnest - to be coming soon...
			Oscar WILDE - The Portrait of Dorian Gray or as MP3 audiobook (80 MB)			217	55
			Charlotte BRONTE - Wuthering Heights			330	84
			Emily BRONTE - Jane Eyre
			Robert Louis STEVENSON - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
			H.G. WELLS - The Invisible Man in two variants by different annotators: Variant A (Ofrim)- 125 pages, 385 annotations (some empty) Variant B (Bichiri)- 151 pages (more legible); 600 annotations - much more complete Invisible Man - MP3 audiobook (if you prefer listening to the text)
			Rudyard KIPLING - Kim
			Lewis CARROLL - Through the Looking Glass
			Joseph CONRAD - The Secret Agent - to be coming...
			Joseph CONRAD -Heart of Darkness or as MP3 audiobook 112 MB
2	2	British Literature - Modernism Go to the NEW course page for Modernism to download the latest versions!	James JOYCE - The Dead
2	2		Virginia WOOLF - To the Lighthouse
3	2	British Literature - Late Modernism & Postwar Literature	Aldous HUXLEY - Brave New World		.
			*George ORWELL - Animal Farm* (PDF file)**	PDF	.	120	33
			*George ORWELL - 1984* (PDF file)**	PDF	.	.	.
			Malcolm LOWRY - Under the Volcano (died June 26 1957, so his texts are now public domain, no longer under copyright provisions)	PDF	12 MB!	377	98
3	2	American Literature - Nineteenth Century and Early Modernism	Washington IRVING - Sleepy Hollow -- eBook formatted but without annotations		38 kB	28	7
3	2		H.D. THOREAU - Walden -- eBook formatted but without annotations		285 kB	234	59
3	1	American Literature - Twentieth Century - Modernism	Notes on William Faulkner (on "As I Lay Dying" and "Light in August")
3	1	American Literature - Twentieth Century - Modernism	Notes on "As I Lay Dying and "Light in August" in EPUB format	EPUB = an easy-on-the-eyes format for which you need to install Adobe Digital Editions or Mobipocket for reading on a PC,notebook, smartphone or ereader. Passworded archive.	2.5 MB
3	1	Postcolonial studies	Chinua Achebe - notes on Things Fall Apart	ZIP PDF. Password	1,4 MB	167	42
3	1	Postcolonial studies
3	1	Postmodernism	.
3	1	Postmodernism