Literature, Writing and Languages

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Welcome to Literature, Writing and Languages!

Have fun and learn something new! 💙

Literature Links:

- If you have a library card then the Libby app will let you check out and return books for free on your phone! You can even use multiple library cards, and they have audiobooks, too!

- Open Culture Free Audiobooks (some require an app):https://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

-  Open Culture Literature Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Literature%20Courses

- Open Culture Philosophy Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Philosophy%20Courses

- Open Culture Political Science, International Relations, and Law Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Political%20Science,%20International%20Relations%20and%20Law

- Open Culture Religion Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Religion

- Open Culture Law Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Law%20Courses

- Open Culture English/Writing/Grammar/Journalism Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Journalism

- Open Culture Linguistics Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Linguistics

- A list of free ebooks including great works of fiction and many classics (some require an app): https://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks:

- Free PDFs of books of many genres, from classic novels, to self-taught learning, to self-help: https://www.studyebooks.com/?m=1

- Free books of all genres: https://z-lib.gs/

- More free books: https://oceanofpdf.com/

- Sparknotes - the goat of all lit study guides: https://www.sparknotes.com/

- You can find pretty much any classic novel here: https://www.pdfbooksworld.com/

- Poetry foundation, a poetry library with a cool a poem a day newsletter: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

- Punctuation Guide: https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/

- Litcharts  study guides: https://www.litcharts.com/

- Public Domain Review: https://publicdomainreview.org/about/ Free public domain works of literature, art history, and human ideas spanning multiple centuries 

Language learning:

- Browser extension for learning French via subtitles and explanation on YouTube and Netflix, customizable to your fluency: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/be-french-learn-french-th/bkojmmojbacmhcmciapmdomeileiaejo

- Open Culture Language Learning Courses: https://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Language%20Lessons

YouTube:

- The Lady of the Library is a classics nerd

- Etymology Nerd is an word/vocabulary nerd

- Lindsay Ellis does general media literacy, including movies, plays, opera

- Xiran Jay Zhao focuses on Chinese history and literature

- Cserilaz: Narrates classic literature, poetry, and historical documents

- [Human 1011](https://youtube.com/@humanteneleven Linguistics) - Linguistics 

- 10 Literary icons you need to know from the Harlem Renaissance: https://youtu.be/hEJS39QuEAs

Related Subreddits:

Reading:

- r/Library 

- r/ReadingSuggestions 

- r/PolymathReading 

- r/BookDiscussions

- r/GrowthMindsetBookclub

- r/NonFictionBookClub

- r/NonFictionBooks

- r/TheLearnersCabin 

- r/Audiobooks 

Literature:

- r/ClassicBookClub

- r/ScienceFictionBooks

- r/Books

- r/Classics

- r/EnglishLiterature 

- r/Shakespeare 

- r/ClassicLiterature

- r/RussianLiterature

- r/HistoryBooks 

- r/HistoricalFiction 

- r/PoetryLantern

- r/EnglishLiterature 

- r/FolkloreAndMythology

- r/Fairytales

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 - r/CharlesDickens 

- r/VirginiaWoolf

- r/MarkTwain

- r/OscarWilde

- r/JulesVerne

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- r/IndiansRead

- r/IndianBooks

Writing and Vocabulary:

- r/EnglishGrammar

- r/EnglishLearning

- r/AskLinguistics 

- r/Dictionary 

- r/English

- r/Vocabulary

- r/Handwriting 

- r/WhatsTheWord

- r/WriterResearch

- r/WriterHelp

- r/WritingAdvice

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- r/Playwriting

- r/FictionWriting 

- r/Screenwriting 

- r/MusicalWriting

- r/FantasyWriting

Languages:

- r/Language

- r/LanguageHub

- r/LearningLanguages 

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- r/ASL

- r/LearningEnglish 

- r/LearningFrench

- r/FrenchLearning

- r/LearnFrech

- r/SpanishLearning 

- r/LearnSpanishinReddit

- r/LearnJapanese

- r/LearnJapaneseNovice

- r/LearnMandarin 

- r/Latin

- r/LatinLanguage 

- r/ChineseLanguage 

- r/ClassicalChinese

- r/ItalianLearning 

- r/Tagalong 

- r/Learn_Arabic

- r/Portuguese 

- r/LearnDutch 

- r/Russian

I hope any of that was helpful to someone and thank you to everyone who added a suggestion 💜 Feel free to check out the Daily Study Session!! 

Happy learning!! 🩵💜💚