Chinese Culture: Literature - from about.com, well-maintained links and articles.

Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library  On-line reading.

" A celebration of Women Writers"- Browse by author, country or century.

A very comprehensive list of links to works by Jane Austen

A very rich interactive resource on Dicken's classic Great Expectations.  Other related sites: (including Dickens' biography and works), Dickens' Greenwich tour, Quiz .  Also play at Dickens Detectives  or "talk" to experts on Dickens. 

Charlie Mansfield’s linguistic journey

Electronic Books on-line

"Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling - includes "How the camel got his hump" 

Online books - search engine with links to over 10,000 online books.

Poem-me.com poems by e-mail - why not join in?

Poetry On-line. A large searchable collection of English poetry from the medieval period to the early 20th century.

Prize winning books on-line. 

Project Gutenburg - fine literature digitally re-published

Reader's Digest Interactive Archives - articles need to be read carefully for cultural appropriacy and level of difficulty.

Sur La Lune Fairy Tale Pages. - annotated favorite tales

TextArc Site. - a pictorial representation of some literary texts (you need a modern computer and a fast connection to view this interesting display

A wonderful site devoted to Treasure Island - rich in resources.
 

Encyclopédie Hachette (France)

La Bibliothèque Nationale de France (The French National library) presents catalogues covering over 2 million books published in France and gives cultural news and virtual exhibitions.

Littérature en ligne This is a useful site to get French classics and Larousse dictionaries.

La petite bibliothèque de France  A French government site offering a multitude of links concerning French literature: resources repertory, hypertext, information on authors and their work, youth literature, publishers and information updates.

Petits classiques  Catalogue of "classic" literature; extracts; study of extracts and authors

Rimbaud's Biography

Télérama  Interesting information

The French Collection  A collection of classic French literature in French (University of Virginia). 
 

German Literature - more general links, from about.com.

German Literature - on the Internet (University of Virginia). Links.

OLLi - Oliver's Links zur Literatur (mostly contemporary).

University of Göttingen database of "literary life"
This internet website gives free access to a database jointly developed at the University of Göttingen by a study group under Prof.Dr.Wilfried Barner and the Göttingen Society for Academic Data-processing (GWDG). The concept of "Literary Life" covers structures and processes that enable or constrain the genesis, dispersal and reception of literature. Data include chronologies of literary groups, literary criticism, prize awards, literary controversies, etc., and extend to fields that interreact with the literary: e.g. other arts, media, politics, economy, justice. Bibliographic information is also given on publications from the genres of prose, lyric verse, and drama, as well as translations, child and youth literature, cultural/literary theoretic writings, factual and instructional works, films and recorded materials.

Italian literature in HTML  A collection of Italian literary texts

Eugeny Peskina's Public Electronic Library - classical literature online.

Online Biblioteka - more contemporary works.

Russian Language Learning through Literature - free multimedia study experience using classic Russian literature.

Russki Zhurnal Literatura - besides the journal itself, this server has an archives of reviews and plenty of links to further resources and electronic libraries.

Cervantes International Bibliography Online    A comprehensive reference and research site dedicated to the sudy of Cervantes'  work and life.

Famous Spanish Writers   Names of the most famous Spanish writers.

Gabriela Mistral    Poems and literature; Gabriela Mistral's life and work.

LEMIR: Literatura Española Medieval y Renacimiento

Literatura Peruana Books, news, radio and poems about Peru.

Mario Benedetti  Poems,stories and interviews with Mario Beneedetti .

Mundo Latino - Rincón Literario  where you can find  information about all latin countries .

Pablo Neruda  A complete site with the life and work of Pablo Neruda; Link to Fundacion Neruda "Neruda's Foundation".

Proyecto Sherezade  The Spanish literary journal online, with short stories (three new stories each month). 

The Online Medieval and Classical Library  Collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization