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A companion for reading six classic books of anthropology and folklore that are free to read online: Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), Tylor's Primitive Culture (1871), Frazer's The Golden Bough (1922 abridged edition), Jacobs's English Fairy Tales (1890), Lang's Custom and Myth (1884) and Boas's The Mind of Primitive Man (1911).
For each book you get original notes on what it is, why people still read it, what it got wrong and how to read it with care, a "where to start" route, three discussion questions and a short further-reading list of reputable scholarship. Each entry links to one checked free edition. No book text is reprinted.
What's inside (10 pages, US Letter and A4): a cover, a "before you start" page with a note on outdated language and restricted material, six book entries, a fillable reading-notes page, and an editions-and-sources page.
Good to know:
- The books themselves are free on Project Gutenberg; you are paying for the original guide, not the books. Quietcog is not affiliated with Project Gutenberg.
- Written for reading groups, homeschool and college classes, and curious readers.
- Public-domain status was checked for the United States.
The books, and where to read them free
The six books are in the public domain in the United States and are free to read online. This guide is original commentary by Quietcog; it does not reprint the books. The links below go to the free editions on Project Gutenberg, which is a separate site:
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific (Bronisław Malinowski, 1922), free on Project Gutenberg
- Primitive Culture, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (Edward Burnett Tylor, 1871 (6th edition, 1920)), free on Project Gutenberg
- The Golden Bough (1922 abridged edition) (James George Frazer, 1922), free on Project Gutenberg
- English Fairy Tales (Joseph Jacobs, 1890), free on Project Gutenberg
- Custom and Myth (Andrew Lang, 1884), free on Project Gutenberg
- The Mind of Primitive Man (1911 edition) (Franz Boas, 1911), free on Project Gutenberg
Public-domain status was checked for the United States only; it can differ in other countries, so please check your local rules before downloading. Quietcog is not affiliated with or endorsed by Project Gutenberg or the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. "Project Gutenberg" is a trademark of that Foundation. You are paying for the original guide, not for the books.
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