Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The Secret Life: Being the Book of a Heretic / Braille

The Secret Life: Being the Book of a Heretic ⠃⠗⠋ 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

291,746 braille cells · 306 embossed pages at 40×25 · 788 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.