Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Goethe's literary essays / Braille

Goethe's literary essays ⠃⠗⠋ 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

376,567 braille cells · 395 embossed pages at 40×25 · 365 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.