For those unaware, they take public domain books and create really high quality, free versions that can be read on any ereader or online. Every book also has an oil painting that is also public domain chosen to be its cover.

I have discovered a lot of amazing lesser known literature over the years from here, and wanted to suggest it in case anyone had not heard of it. The people running it do amazing work and there seems to be a steady stream of three or four new releases almost weekly.

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[–] Bookish_Gaudi@piefed.social 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, they have a ton of Wodehouse. Any suggestions where to start?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

first page 1, then go on to page 2?

they all have the same plot. you don't read wodehouse for plot, you read it to see how he turns a phrase and how reginald is going to get bertram out of marrying the latest heiress this week. it is the best pulp.

if you need to dip your toe first, watch an episode or two of the ~~BBC~~ ITV comedy starring hugh laurie and stephen fry, "Jeeves and Wooster". they are perfectly cast.

the whole endeavor is basically this

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

ITV not BBC. The BBC series ran in the 60s and was almost entirely wiped.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

ah, thanks for the clarification. i'm running off info my friend who introduced it to me (she gave me a thumb with the ripped dvds on it) and i haven't bothered to check all these years i guess. now i can be right!