This page attempts to collect in one place as many as possible of the books that James Joyce used as sources for Finnegans Wake, namely those found under the "Books" brevity on the search engine page. Unless otherwise noted, all the files are in PDF format (i.e. require Acrobat Reader) and were obtained from Archive.Org. To the best of my knowledge, all the books are in the public domain (at least in Canada, where Fweet is based). If you know of other source books available in electronic format, please let me know.
General Guidelines:
Notes on Multi-Volume Books:
| Title | Open Book | Run Search |
|---|---|---|
| —: The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., 29 vols, 1910-11 | — | Run Search |
| volume I [A to Androphagi] | Open [131 MB] | Run Search |
| volume II [Andros to Austria] | Open [151 MB] | Run Search |
| volume III [Austria Lower to Bisectrix] | Open [139 MB] | Run Search |
| volume IV [Bishārīn to Calgary] | Open [153 MB] | Run Search |
| volume V [Calhoun to Chatelaine] | Open [140 MB] | Run Search |
| volume VI [Châtelet to Constantine] | Open [132 MB] | Run Search |
| volume VII [Constantine Pavlovich to Demidov] | Open [128 MB] | Run Search |
| volume VIII [Demijohn to Edward] | Open [131 MB] | Run Search |
| volume IX [Edwardes to Evangelical Association] | Open [138 MB] | Run Search |
| volume X [Evangelical Church to Francis Joseph] | Open [119 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XI [Franciscans to Gibson] | Open [137 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XII [Gichtel to Harmonium] | Open [128 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XIII [Harmony to Hurstmonceaux] | Open [127 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XIV [Husband to Italic] | Open [127 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XV [Italy to Kyshtym] | Open [133 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XVI [L to Lord Advocate] | Open [135 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XVII [Lord Chamberlain to Mecklenburg] | Open [138 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XVIII [Medal to Mumps] | Open [133 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XIX [Mun to Oddfellows] | Open [135 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XX [Ode to Payment of Members] | Open [136 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXI [Payn to Polka] | Open [136 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXII [Poll to Reeves] | Open [131 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXIII [Refectory to Sainte-Beuve] | Open [144 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXIV [Sainte-Clair Deville to Shuttle] | Open [149 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXV [Shuválov to Subliminal Self] | Open [137 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXVI [Submarine Mines to Tom-Tom] | Open [150 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXVII [Tonalite to Vesuvius] | Open [144 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXVIII [Vetch to Zymotic Diseases] | Open [151 MB] | Run Search |
| volume XXIX [Index] | Open [188 MB] | Run Search |
| —: The Scottish Clans and their Tartans, 12th ed., 1918 | Open [36.8 MB] | Run Search |
| Ardill, Rev. John Roche: St. Patrick, A.D. 180, 1931 | Open [3.3 MB] | Run Search |
| Aston, W.G.: A Grammar of the Japanese Spoken Language, 4th ed., 1888 | Open [11.3 MB] | Run Search |
| Booth, General: In Darkest England and the Way Out, 1890 | Open [99.7 MB] | Run Search |
| Chart, D.A.: The Story of Dublin, 1907 | Open [25.6 MB] | Run Search |
| Clodd, Edward: The Story of the Alphabet, rev. ed., 1915 | Open [12.8 MB] | Run Search |
| Collins, James: Life in Old Dublin, 1913 | Open [12.4 MB] | Run Search |
| Evans, Caradoc: My People, Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales, 1915 | Open [7.5 MB] | Run Search |
| Fitzpatrick, Benedict: Ireland and the Making of Britain, 3rd ed., 1921 | Open [38.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Flood, J.M.: Ireland, Its Saints and Scholars, 1917 | Open [10.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Gwynn, Stephen: The History of Ireland, 1923 | Open [38.0 MB] | Run Search |
| Harris, Frank: Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions, 2 vols, 1918 | — | Run Search |
| volume I | Open [27.0 MB] | Run Search |
| volume II | Open [26.9 MB] | Run Search |
| Hughes, Rev. S.C.: The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin, 1904 | Open [9.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Hunt, Rev. W.S.: India's Outcastes, A New Era, 1924 | Open [26.6 MB] | Run Search |
| Jespersen, Otto: Language, its Nature, Development and Origin, 1922 | Open [38.8 MB] | Run Search |
| Joyce, P.W.: English as We Speak It in Ireland, 1910 | Open [20.7 MB] | Run Search |
| Key, Pierre V.R.: John McCormack, His Own Life Story, 1918 | Open [26.4 MB] | Run Search |
| Kinane, Very Rev. Dean: St. Patrick, His Life, His Heroic Virtues, His Labours, and the Fruits of His Labours, 11th ed. (1890s) | Open [14.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Lawless, Emily: The Story of Ireland, 1888 | Open [35.6 MB] | Run Search |
| Lane-Poole, Stanley: The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad, 1882 | Open [10.1 MB] | Run Search |
| Levey, R.M. & O'Rorke, J.: Annals of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, 1880 | Open [15.7 MB] | Run Search |
| Mackirdy, Mrs. Archibald (Olive Christian Malvery) & Willis, W.N.: The White Slave Market, 3rd ed. (1910s) | Open [35.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Molloy, J. Fitzgerald: The Romance of the Irish Stage, 2 vols, 1897 | — | Run Search |
| volume I | Open [12.5 MB] | Run Search |
| volume II | Open [11.5 MB] | Run Search |
| Sheed, F.J., ed.: The Irish Way, 1932 | Open [16.4 MB] | Run Search |
| Swedenborg, Emanuel: Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and Concerning the Divine Wisdom, translated by Swedenborg Society, 1883 | Open [26.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Walsh, A.: Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period, 1922 | Open [5.2 MB] | Run Search |
| Young, Filson: Trial of Frederick Bywaters and Edith Thompson, 1923 | Open [20.7 MB] | Run Search |
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