Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / A Living from the Land / Braille

A Living from the Land ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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

214,322 braille cells · 220 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,832 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.