Dave's ESL Cafe's Web Guide!: Literature

Aesop's Fables

gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu/11/Ebooks/By%20Title/aesop

(12 votes)

The full-text of this classic in literature.

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African American Literature

http://www.usc.edu/Library/Ref/Ethnic/black_lit_main.html

(1 vote)

Collection of African American resources in literature from the University of Southern California.

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American Literature

http://s867.thu.edu.tw/~krf/amlit/amlit.html

(4 votes)

A site of pages devoted to the various cultural aspects of American Literature for ESL/EFL students.

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Asian American Literature

http://calvin.usc.edu/Info/Gero/Asian/asian_amer_stuff.html

(2 votes)

Collection of resources from the University of Southern California.

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Candlelight Stories

http://www.CandlelightStories.com/

Travel through their world of illustrated stories, animations, cartoons, music, and games, from artists around the globe.

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Children's Literature: Electronic Resources

gopher://lib.nmsu.edu/11/.subjects/Education/.childlit

Electronic versions of classics from such authors as Lewis Carroll, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Chinese Classics

http://www.cnd.org:8024/Classics/

Aims at collecting as much Chinese classic literature as possible for the benefit of the Internet community.

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Classic Excerpts

http://www.englishclub.net/study/reading/index.htm

(3 votes)

This is where you can find short texts from classic sources like Shakespeare or the Bible. With notes and definitions.

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Classics

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Classics

A searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts.

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Collected Works of Shakespeare

http://www.gh.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/

(2 votes)

A searchable full-text database of everything written by Mr. William Shakespeare. This site is a must!

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ELLSA (Electronic Literature and Language in South East Asia)

http://www.rdlthai.com/ellsa_index.html

(1 vote)

A three-level resource for the teaching and learning of American literature, featuring 15 on-line and downloadable lessons. Based on American short stories from USIA Publications.

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English Literature Page

http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html

(7 votes)

From Alan Liu of University of California, Santa Barbara, you'll find the full-text creations of works taught in English and American literature departments. Highly recommended!

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