---
dataset_info:
  config_name: corpus
  features:
  - name: passage
    dtype: string
  - name: id
    dtype: int64
  - name: author
    dtype: string
  - name: title
    dtype: string
  - name: gutenberg_source_id
    dtype: int64
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 2633492
    num_examples: 1251
  download_size: 1578596
  dataset_size: 2633492
configs:
- config_name: corpus
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: corpus/train-*
license: mit
task_categories:
- question-answering
language:
- en
tags:
- ebook
- project_gutenberg
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
---

# Gutenberg selected ebooks dataset
This dataset is a collection of passages from ebooks handpicked from the [Gutenberg Project](https://www.gutenberg.org/). 

These writings are:
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
* Pride and Prejudice
* Romeo and Juliet
* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* The Odyssey
* Winnie-the-Pooh

# Source
The texts of the passages were derived from a larger Gutenberg-based set: [sedthh/gutenberg_english](https://huggingface.co/datasets/sedthh/gutenberg_english), which was sourced directly from the project's site.

# Metadata
Each passage contains four metadata fields:
| key | description |
|----|----|
| id | Passage unique identifier as *int* |
| title | Title of the book as *string* |
| author | Author's identity as *string*|
| gutenberg_source_id | Text# unique book identifier on Project Gutenberg as *int* |


# Copyrights
A note from the source dataset, applicable to this data as well:
- Some of the books are copyrighted! The crawler ignored all books
  with an english copyright header by utilizing a regex expression, but make
  sure to check out the metadata for each book manually to ensure they are okay
  to use in your country! More information on copyright:
  https://www.gutenberg.org/help/copyright.html and
  https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/permission.html
- Project Gutenberg has the following requests when using books without
  metadata: *Books obtianed from the Project Gutenberg site should have the
  following legal note next to them: "This eBook is for the use of anyone
  anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and
  with almost" no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
  re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this
  eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United
  States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located
  before using this eBook."*