Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 01/10/2026“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter—often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter—in the eye.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre standardebooks.org/ebooks/charl... 010
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 25/09/2026“Cats – by day the most docile of God’s creatures, every one of them in the night enlisting under the devil’s banner – took the place by storm after the human voice had ceased.” ― W.H. Davies, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 072
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 23/09/2026"...autumn — that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness — that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling." – Jane Austen, Persuasion 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 09/09/2026“Examples are more powerful than precepts; hence I quote them.” ― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Art of Illustration standardebooks.org/ebooks/c-h-s... 000
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 03/09/2026“Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told.” ― Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow 081
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 21/08/2026Here's Jack London holding a pig because...it's Friday. Happy weekend reading! 🐷 040
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 17/08/2026With the publication of "If I Had a Father" by George MacDonald, there are officially 1,500 books in the SE library! This is a labor of love that could not happen without the generosity of our donors and patrons. Thank you for keeping these wonderful works of literature alive and readable today! 0152
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 06/08/2026“I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World standardebooks.org/ebooks/rabin... 1101
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 29/07/2026Oscar Wilde at 28, photographed by Napoleon Sarony in 1882. 072
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 27/07/2026If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song. If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief. – Henry van Dyke Jr. standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry... 040
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 17/07/2026“I had aimed at Mars and was about to hit Venus; unquestionably the all-time cosmic record for poor shots.” ― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pirates of Venus standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar... 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 16/07/2026Honestly, I think we are both emerging from our own personal Château d'Ifs. #literature #reading #classiclit #countofmontecristo #bookish #bookclub #ebook #publicdomain 051
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 13/07/2026“I don't ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and that enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me.” ― Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood New book just dropped: standardebooks.org/ebooks/charl... 072
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 02/07/2026“He stood up and looked at me even as the seasons might look down upon the field, and He smiled. And He said again: "All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.” ― Kahlil Gibran, Jesus the Son of Man standardebooks.org/ebooks/kahli... 022
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 30/06/2026“How often people put us, though unwittingly, on the path we are seeking, he thought. How often does a chance word uttered by a stranger reveal to us our deepest aims and purposes.” ― Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid Read the first Arab-American novel today: standardebooks.org/ebooks/ameen... 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 18/06/2026“Yes, from year to year, from day to day, in our heart of hearts there's only one thing we wait for—a meeting that will bring happiness and love. Really, this hope is all we live for—and how vain it is.” – Ivan Bunin, The Gentleman from San Francisco standardebooks.org/ebooks/ivan-... 010
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 17/06/2026“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.” ― Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous standardebooks.org/ebooks/rudya... 040
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 16/06/2026“There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables tinyurl.com/em3yxhtt 000
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 12/06/2026We are looking for 40 new patrons to join our Patrons Circle by June 14. And we're nearly halfway there! Will you become a patron and support free and unrestricted digital literature? standardebooks.com/donate 062
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 11/06/2026“Life was so complicated a game that the devices of skill were liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down.” – George Eliot, Romola standardebooks.org/ebooks/georg... 010
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 03/06/2026Reading takes you out of your bubble. See the world. Read the world. 030
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 02/06/2026We need your support to make beautiful books! We want to welcome 40 new patrons by June 14. It’s you who keep us on firm financial footing needed to continue producing and giving away beautiful ebooks. Will you become a patron and support unrestricted digital literature? standardebooks.org/donate 054
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 01/06/2026“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray 150
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 22/05/2026Today is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday and a day dedicated to his most beloved character, the great Sherlock Holmes. Make this weekend one of mysteries and clues. Dive into the world of Doyle and Holmes today! standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthu... 032
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 21/05/2026The world as John knew it has become a feminist utopia, where civil rights, efficiency, and quality are of the utmost importance. The residents do their best to explain all of the societal changes that have happened in the past thirty years to an unconscious John. standardebooks.org/ebooks/charl... 030
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 15/05/2026Read “Walden” now: standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry... 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 12/05/2026The Wolf-Leader, written in 1857, isn’t considered to be one of Dumas’ classic works, but it remains of interest as an early example of werewolf fiction. Learn more and read today: standardebooks.org/ebooks/alexa... 031
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 11/05/2026New ebook alert. Read "Dr. Wortle's School" today at: standardebooks.org/ebooks/antho... #ebook #publicdomain #literature 050
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 07/05/2026Thanks for helping us grow! We've had over 100 donations that count as entries into the Fractured Atlas $1,000 giveaway. We are so grateful. Support beautiful, free ebooks today and expand our chances of winning more money to make more books! standardebooks.org/donate 032
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 05/05/2026Each donation from now until May 8 gives us one entry in a drawing for $1000 from our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas. Donate today and keep the joy of reading alive! standardebooks.org/donate 031
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 04/05/2026Fractured Atlas is running their annual Spring Match campaign, in which they award $1,000 to twenty different projects. The winners are determined by a drawing, and through May 8 each donation of any amount to Standard Ebooks will give us one entry. Donate today at: standardebooks.org/donate 062
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 28/04/2026You could easily read through L. Frank Baum's Oz catalog before the Tinsmiths finished! #oz #wicked 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 23/04/2026Originally celebrated in 1926 to honor Miguel de Cervantes and boost book sales, World Book Day continues every April 23. We hope you download something new to read today. Maybe "Don Quixote" to honor Cervantes, or one of our newest releases like Conrad's "The Arrow of Gold." Happy reading! 060
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 21/04/2026The only way to eat an elephant is one book at a time. #tbr #tbrpile #tbrpilekeepsgrowing 050
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 15/04/2026What books have been gracing your screens lately? 040
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 09/04/2026It has been a joy to watch our current "lunatics" take us with them from Earth to the Moon and back. Artemis II Return Details Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Splashdown Time: ~5:07 p.m. PDT / 8:07 p.m. EDT Location: Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California 061
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 07/04/2026A photo of Jack London writing titled, "The Sea Wolf," taken by his wife, Charmian London, in 1905 after the release of his novel "The Sea-Wolf." Read is here: standardebooks.org/ebooks/jack-... 051
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 06/04/2026What bit of beauty do you have memorized? Read Spoon River Anthology here: standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar... 020
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 03/04/2026Lots of Lardner in the library for your reading pleasure, 120
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 02/04/2026Anyone reading anything spooky? #books #edgarallenpoe #literature #horror 040
Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 30/03/2026A young Norwegian painter, seeks inspiration by joining a community of artists in Rome. But her world begins to unravel with the arrival of Helge Gram 050
