A modest repository of Project Gutenberg texts in PDF and LaTeX
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On this page I provide PDF files for various Project Gutenberg etexts. GutenMark software was used to process the texts, but I hand-edited to make them as pretty as possible. If you discover any errors, please let me know. If you prefer different page size, fonts, font sizes, etc., gzipped LaTeX and LyX files for all texts may be found at my ftp site.Here are additional PG etexts which I've converted to PDF and LaTeX with GutenMark as whims have guided me. Some have been extensively checked, and some have not. Illustrations missing in Project Gutenberg editions have been restored where they are crucial, such as the pictures of the dancing men in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" and the musical scores in Shaw's Man and Superman. On the other hand, in only a few cases has an effort been made to restore illustrations which are merely decorative.
ABC's of Science, by Chas. Oliver: PDF. Includes all figures.
"Clocks," by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Dark Lady of the Sonnets, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
"Dreams," by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Early Kings of Norway, by Thomas Carlyle: PDF.
"Evergreens," by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Fanny's First Play, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Heroes and Hero Worship, by Thomas Carlyle: PDF.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Latter-Day Pamphlets, by Thomas Carlyle: PDF.
The Life of John Sterling, by Thomas Carlyle: PDF.
Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors, edited by George Iles: PDF.
Misalliance, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Paul Kelver, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Recipes Tried and True, by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church of Marion, Ohio: PDF .
Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh, by Thomas Carlyle: PDF.
Stage-Land, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF .
A Treatise on Parents and Children, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
EmmaJames Matthew Barrie
Mansfield Park
The Chessmen of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .Lewis Carroll
The Gods of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
Tarzan the Terrible, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
Thuvia, A Maid of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
The Warlord of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: PDF .
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by John TennielSir Arthur Conan Doyle
Through the Looking-Glass, illustrated by John Tenniel
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography, by Benjamin Franklin: PDF.John Galsworthy
Censorship and Art, by John Galsworthy: PDF .Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery: PDF .Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnGeorge Bernard Shaw
Androcles and the Lion, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Caesar and Cleopatra, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
The Devil's Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Man and Superman, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Major Barbara, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Mrs. Warren's Profession, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.
Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw: PDF.Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen: PDF .
Persuasion, by Jane Austen: PDF .
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: PDF .
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen: PDF .
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë: PDF .
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett: PDF .
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
The Sign of Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
Passing of the Third Floor Back, and Other Stories, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
Three Men on the Bummel, by Jerome Klapka Jerome: PDF.
The Valley of Fear, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: PDF .
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum: PDF .
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë: PDF .
On the other hand, you may like the PDF files I've provided, and simply want to print them in an efficient way. The most satisfactory approach in my view is to print the 5.5"x8.5" pages so that 4 of them fit on a single letter-size sheet of paper -- two on the front and two on the back. There are several approaches to this. One correspondent, Rick Holbert, has informed me of a way of doing this within LyX itself. Here is a sample LyX file from him; I don't personally understand how it works, but more details will be presented as they become available. You might want to take a look at Rick's website, if you are interested in binding the books you print.
Another approach is to post-process the PDF, creating Postscript with the pages rearranged appropriately. Here's a way to do that, using the so-called PSUTILS programs available on most Linux systems:
# As an example, use the file jjclk10.pdf.These steps produce a stack of paper which, if sliced down the middle with a paper cutter, give you all of the pages in the correct order. If you want to fold the paper instead of cutting it, you'll need to produce smaller sized "signatures" in the psbook-step above. This, sadly, must be left as an exercise for the reader.# Convert PDF to Postscript
pdftops -paperw 396 -paperh 612 jjclk10.pdf# Rearrange the pages into booklet form.
psbook -q jjclk10.ps temp1.ps# Convert to 2-up
psnup -2 -pletter -W396 -H612 -q temp1.ps temp2.ps# Sadly, there is currently a bug in PSUTILS so that
# the output file still thinks it's 5.5"x8.5". So,
# manually edit temp2.ps with a text editor, changing
# the line that reads
# %%DocumentMedia: plain 396 612 0 () ()
# to
# %%DocumentMedia: plain 612 792 0 () ()# Pull off the odd-numbered 2-up pages, in reverse order.
psselect -o -r temp2.ps frontsides.ps# Pull off the even-numbered 2-up pages, in normal order.
psselect -e temp2.ps backsides.ps# This step prints the fronts:
lpr frontsides.ps... put the pages just printed back in the paper tray ...
# This step prints the backs:
lpr backsides.ps