I googled Literature 2.0 and found this post by Jakob Korab about a web site called Daily Lit that makes it possible for you to read books by email. You sign up for the RSS feed, and you get the book delivered to you in installments. Since Bleak House is in the public domain, I can read it for free. If I can spend five minutes looking a Cute Overload everday, I can spend five minutes reading some Dickens, no?
Tempting, tempting!
ETA: You can also read both parts of El Quijote in Spanish
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LOL!
You may spend 5 minutes reading, but your mind will be engaged for 30 minutes afterwards.
I'm going to post today, a nice little part I read the other day.
So many characters! So many characterizations! Who even knows what the plot is anymore.
Go to LibriVox
http://librivox.org/
It is a downloadable community of public domain audiobooks read by volunteers in multiple languages. There are two versions of Bleak House ; one complete and one in the works.
A tremendous resource.
Thanks, Kristin!
My main hesitation with audiobooks is that I'm seem to be unable to multitask with them, the way I can with music. Maybe I should try listening while I cook dinner.
Is it the division into parts by RSS feed that makes it cool ... ? ... I never read on the computer things I can get on paper, but perhaps that is
because there is so much I cannot get on paper.
The idea is that you essentially sign up to have the sections emailed to you by subscribing to the RSS feed. You can read one section, then ask for another right away, or later. If you have a groovy Blackberry on which you can read your email while away from your computer, you could conceivabley read the latest part while you are sitting in the waiting room somewhere. This appeals to me.
The old-fashioned way of carrying the book around works fine as well.
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