Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Bastien Lepage / Braille

Bastien Lepage ⠃⠗⠋ 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

62,378 braille cells · 66 embossed pages at 40×25 · 100 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.