The Library of Alexandria
Read hundreds of classic books free, in clear modern English, right here. We publish the world’s public-domain literature as free eBooks you can read online, download as EPUB, or send to your Kindle — every title complete, unabridged, and faithfully modernised from the original. No 19th-century prose to wade through, no subscription to read.
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The same title is also a free audiobook, in large print, and in paperback or hardcover at our true printing cost.
What makes us different: the classics rewritten in language today’s reader enjoys, verified line-by-line against the public-domain original.
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Yes. Every book is public domain, so the digital editions are free to read and listen to. You can read the opening chapters of any title free with no account, and members read and download the complete library — every eBook and audiobook — free.
Yes. Members can download any title as an EPUB or send it directly to a Kindle, phone, tablet or e-reader, and read offline in any reading app.
Every book is rendered into clear modern English — complete and unabridged, verified against the public-domain original — instead of the original archaic prose. The same title is also available as a free audiobook, in large print, and in print at our true cost.
Hundreds of classic titles across every genre, from the great novels and philosophy to the lost and apocryphal scriptures, with new titles and languages being added continually.