Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers / Braille

Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

518,413 braille cells · 548 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,114 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠠⠧⠊⠗⠛⠊⠝⠂⠀⠊⠝⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀⠠⠗⠁⠏⠓⠁⠑⠇⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠎⠥⠗⠏⠁⠎⠎⠑⠙
⠀⠓⠊⠍⠎⠑⠇⠋⠂⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀⠀⠍⠕⠍⠑⠝⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠧⠑⠗⠊⠞⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠑⠭⠁⠇⠞⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠛⠑⠝⠊⠥⠎⠲⠀⠠⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠝⠕⠞⠀⠇⠁⠃⠕⠗⠊⠕⠥⠎⠇⠽⠀⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠑⠊⠧⠑⠙⠆⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠃⠕⠗⠝⠀
⠕⠋⠀⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠂⠀⠎⠏⠕⠝⠞⠁⠝⠑⠕⠥⠎⠇⠽⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠞⠑⠂⠀⠇⠊⠅⠑⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠁⠝⠞⠊⠟⠥⠑⠀⠠⠍⠊⠝⠑⠗⠧⠁⠂⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠏⠑⠗⠋⠑⠉⠞⠀
⠋⠕⠗⠍⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠃⠑⠁⠥⠞⠽⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠗⠑⠉⠕⠍⠏⠑⠝⠎⠑⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠁⠝⠀⠑⠝⠞⠊⠗⠑⠀⠇⠊⠋⠑⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠑⠉⠗⠁⠞⠑⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠕⠥⠞⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠗⠍⠊⠎⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠑⠁⠗⠉⠓⠀⠁⠋⠞⠑⠗⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠗⠥⠞⠓⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
⠎⠞⠥⠙⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠁⠎⠞⠑⠗⠎⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀
⠞⠗⠁⠙⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠥⠇⠞⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠊⠙⠑⠁⠇⠀⠁⠝⠙
⠀⠑⠎⠏⠑⠉⠊⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠠⠧⠊⠗⠛⠊⠝⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠁⠋⠞⠑⠗⠀
⠓⠁⠧⠊⠝⠛⠀⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠑⠙⠀⠎⠕⠀⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀⠗⠁⠗⠑⠀
⠍⠁⠎⠞⠑⠗⠏⠊⠑⠉⠑⠎⠂⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠇⠕⠧⠑⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠋⠁⠊⠞⠓⠀⠺⠑⠗⠑⠀⠀
⠉⠁⠗⠗⠊⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠥⠉⠓⠀⠁⠀⠏⠊⠞⠉⠓⠀⠕⠋⠀⠏⠕⠺⠑⠗⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
⠑⠝⠞⠓⠥⠎⠊⠁⠎⠍⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠑⠑⠍⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠀⠃⠕⠗⠝⠑⠀
⠥⠏⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀⠎⠥⠙⠙⠑⠝⠇⠽⠀⠏⠑⠝⠑⠞⠗⠁⠞⠊⠝⠛⠀
⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠁⠀⠎⠏⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠎⠥⠏⠑⠗⠊⠕⠗⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠓⠑⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀
⠓⠊⠞⠓⠑⠗⠞⠕⠀⠧⠊⠎⠊⠞⠑⠙⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀⠁⠀⠠⠧⠊⠗⠛⠊⠝⠀
⠊⠝⠉⠕⠍⠏⠁⠗⠁⠃⠇⠽⠀⠍⠕⠗⠑⠀⠀⠃⠑⠁⠥⠞⠊⠋⠥⠇⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀
⠞⠓⠑⠀⠁⠙⠍⠊⠗⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠠⠧⠊⠗⠛⠊⠝⠎⠀⠓⠑⠀⠓⠁⠙⠀⠏⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠀
⠃⠑⠋⠕⠗⠑⠲⠀⠠⠝⠕⠞⠀⠁⠀⠀⠎⠊⠝⠛⠇⠑⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠛⠝⠂⠀⠝⠕⠗⠀
⠏⠗⠑⠏⠁⠗⠁⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠎⠞⠥⠙⠽⠂⠀⠏⠥⠞⠎⠀⠥⠎⠀⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠗⠁⠉⠑⠀
⠕⠋⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠀⠃⠗⠊⠝⠛⠊⠝⠛⠀⠋⠕⠗⠞⠓⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.