End of Summer—Free Classics Titles Available in Braille and DAISY
ReadHowYouWant and PlexTalk offer readers five free Classics titles a month in DAISY and braille at www.readhowyouwant.com/plextalk.
August’s Free Downloads include:
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
After a family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where she is unwillingly pulled into both adventure and romance. The novel is celebrated not so much for its plot as its acute tracing of Lucy's psychology, particularly Brontë's use of Gothic doubling to represent externally what her protagonist is suffering internally.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket by Honore de Balzac
First entitled Gloire et Malheur (Glory and Misfortune), this short novel was written in 1829 and published by Mame-Delaunay in 1830. It is the story of artist Théodore de Sommervieux who falls in love with Augustine Guillaume, the daughter of a conservative cloth merchant, whose house of business on the Rue Saint-Denis in Paris is known by sign of the Cat and Racket.
A Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Focusing on the deep distress of a man who has just lost the love of his life, this is a heart-rending tale. With a flashback he remembers everything from the first meeting to the farewell. Engrossing!
A Visit to Three Fronts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Visit to Three Fronts is a glorious effort on the part of the author to record the impressions that he formed during his visit to the fronts of the Western Allies during World War I. The book was written in appreciation of the valiant and bold soldiers who fought for their countrymen and whose efforts were being belittled at home.
Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood by Prentiss Ingraham
Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood is one of the masterpieces by Ingraham. The work is a depiction of life, and the ups and downs that are major influencing factors. The novel honestly portrays how fate plays with mankind and the turmoil that follow them. Thought-provoking!
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