40 years / 40 años / 40 ans
40 years / 40 años / 40 ans
Free DownloadA trilingual ebook to celebratethe 40 years (1971-2011)of Project Gutenberg,born on July 4, 1971,with celebrationsduring the whole year 2011. (Includes French and Spanish versions of text)
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is an anthology of short fictions by authors from the French Academy (Académie Française): Emile Souvestre, Pierre Loti, Hector Malot, Charles de Bernard, Alphonse Daudet, and others.
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Thanks for this history of the beginnings of Project Gutenberg . They do a wonderful service to the World, with their making books available to the masses. Interesting reading. Given 3 languages ,nice.
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