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Literary Texts - Free Online

Full texts of literary works in the public domain.

Bartleby.com Read classics of fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, and reference.
British Library - Virtual Books Collection of digitized manuscripts of classic works
English Short Title Catalogue - British Library Search for books, pamphlets and other ephemeral material printed in English-speaking countries from 1475 to 1800. Links to open access full-text when available.
Google Books All searches will be full-text, though only public domain books are available to view and download.
Hathi Trust Digital Library Use the Full-Text search to find millions of digitized public domain books from major libraries.
Internet Archive - eBooks and Texts Internet Archive provides digital access to a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
Representative Poetry Online Online collection of 4,700 poems in English and French by over 700 poets spanning 1400 years. Search by title, first-line, poet, timeline, and more. Provided by University of Toronto.