753 works of literature, historical documents. All in plain ASCII text.

The Project Gutenberg CDROM is your electronic library of classical and historical documents. This collection represents 753 of the world's most commonly used and referenced works of literature. With one disc you'll replace hundreds of bound volumes on your shelf.

You'll enjoy:

• Classic literature: Alice in Wonderland, Moby Dick, Wizard of OZ & many more.
• Inaugural speeches from Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, & Bill Clinton.
• Historical documents: the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
• Motion pictures and stills of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
• Works of famous authors: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack London, Beatrix Potter, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mark Twain.
• Reference materials including the CIA World Factbook and Roget+s Thesaurus.

This disc is the perfect tool to help you write school reports, prepare speeches, and solve vexing trivia questions. Simply use your favorite word processor or text editor to open any of the files in this collection. This version contains all of the files of the Project Gutenberg Archives for 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. It also comes with easy-to-use HTML indices with works sorted by author, title, and subject matter. The organization Project Gutenberg encourages the creation and distribution of electronic texts.

Each document is in plain-vanilla ASCII, so that everyone using anything from Apples to Z-80s is able to read them! - Boardwatch

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Released: February 1997