Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The privilege of pain / Braille

The privilege of pain ⠃⠗⠋ 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

106,532 braille cells · 113 embossed pages at 40×25 · 102 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.