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message 1: by Anne ✨ (last edited Dec 22, 2018 06:53AM) (new)

Anne ✨ Finds Joy (annefindsjoy) | 718 comments A place we can post resources like lists, links to free books, etc for classics books for the challenge.

Project Gutenberg has a VAST Collection of Free books for download, including MANY classics. You can usually choose from epub, kindle, pdf etc, and can download them or read them online.
http://www.gutenberg.org/

This reddit list provides direct links to 100 of the top classics books on Project Gutenberg
https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeEBOOKS/c...


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Anne ✨ Finds Joy (annefindsjoy) | 718 comments For anyone with Audible US membership, today's daily deal audiobook is Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy for $5.59

It's narrated by Davina Porter (who narrates the Outlander series )
17hours, 6minutes

https://www.audible.com/pd/Tess-of-th...


message 3: by Anne ✨ (last edited Dec 31, 2018 01:33PM) (new)

Anne ✨ Finds Joy (annefindsjoy) | 718 comments For anyone with Audible US membership, today's deal audiobook is Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie's classic fantasy novel.

author: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children and The Enchantress of Florence)
genre: childrens fantasy
length: 4hrs, 46mins
daily deal Dec 31, 2018: $1.95

Set in an exotic eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.


message 4: by Anne ✨ (last edited Dec 31, 2018 03:33PM) (new)

Anne ✨ Finds Joy (annefindsjoy) | 718 comments For members with and Iphone/Itunes, Apple has six classics audiobooks for free..

Go to audiobooks in Itunes store, and look for the slide titled 'Great First Listens' - there are 6 classics audiobooks you can download for free:

Pride and Prejudice , Jane Austen
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Winnie the Pooh, Disney Book Group
The Wizard of Oz, by L.Frank Baum

Audiobooks are a great way to fit more reading in to a busy day!


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