Source Books

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, 1910-11Run 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., 1918Open [36.8 MB]Run Search
Ardill, Rev. John Roche: St. Patrick, A.D. 180, 1931Open [3.3 MB]Run Search
Aston, W.G.: A Grammar of the Japanese Spoken Language, 4th ed., 1888Open [11.3 MB]Run Search
Booth, General: In Darkest England and the Way Out, 1890Open [99.7 MB]Run Search
Chart, D.A.: The Story of Dublin, 1907Open [25.6 MB]Run Search
Clodd, Edward: The Story of the Alphabet, rev. ed., 1915Open [12.8 MB]Run Search
Collins, James: Life in Old Dublin, 1913Open [12.4 MB]Run Search
Evans, Caradoc: My People, Stories of the Peasantry of West Wales, 1915Open [7.5 MB]Run Search
Fitzpatrick, Benedict: Ireland and the Making of Britain, 3rd ed., 1921Open [38.2 MB]Run Search
Flood, J.M.: Ireland, Its Saints and Scholars, 1917Open [10.2 MB]Run Search
Gwynn, Stephen: The History of Ireland, 1923Open [38.0 MB]Run Search
Harris, Frank: Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions, 2 vols, 1918Run Search
      volume IOpen [27.0 MB]Run Search
      volume IIOpen [26.9 MB]Run Search
Hughes, Rev. S.C.: The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin, 1904Open [9.2 MB]Run Search
Hunt, Rev. W.S.: India's Outcastes, A New Era, 1924Open [26.6 MB]Run Search
Jespersen, Otto: Language, its Nature, Development and Origin, 1922Open [38.8 MB]Run Search
Joyce, P.W.: English as We Speak It in Ireland, 1910Open [20.7 MB]Run Search
Key, Pierre V.R.: John McCormack, His Own Life Story, 1918Open [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, 1888Open [35.6 MB]Run Search
Lane-Poole, Stanley: The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad, 1882Open [10.1 MB]Run Search
Levey, R.M. & O'Rorke, J.: Annals of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, 1880Open [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, 1897Run Search
      volume IOpen [12.5 MB]Run Search
      volume IIOpen [11.5 MB]Run Search
Sheed, F.J., ed.: The Irish Way, 1932Open [16.4 MB]Run Search
Swedenborg, Emanuel: Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and Concerning the Divine Wisdom, translated by Swedenborg Society, 1883Open [26.2 MB]Run Search
Walsh, A.: Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period, 1922Open [5.2 MB]Run Search
Young, Filson: Trial of Frederick Bywaters and Edith Thompson, 1923Open [20.7 MB]Run Search



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