Download and Read 19th Century British 'Yellowbacks' here...

[Yoc]

Hi Gang,
These are non-comics but also in the public domain and might be of interest to some here.

From the site-
"A glimpse of 19th century British life is available online, courtesy of Emory University Libraries’ Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL).

More than 1,200 novels known as yellowbacks have been digitized using a cutting-edge robotic digital book scanner purchased from Kirtas Technologies by Emory Libraries in 2008. The Kirtas machine enables the Libraries to scan thousands of rare and out-of-copyright books in its research collections.

Yellowbacks were cheap, 19th century British literature sold at railway book stalls, with colorful, sensational covers to attract buyers. While some were well-known books such as “Sense and Sensibility,” many of the yellowbacks were obscure titles by authors unknown nowadays. “They were the equivalent of a popular novel you’d read on a plane today,” says David Faulds, MARBL’s rare book librarian."

HERE'S THE LINK -
http://web.library.emory.edu/yellowbacks

-Yoc

[John C]

Sadly, I lack a usable reply, having now drooled all over my keyboard.