While most typing tests provide small amounts of text (often random words or phrases), Typing Classics provides the opportunity to type along to classic books in their entirety.

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Currently all books on Typing Classics come from the public domain. Some of these texts are centuries old. As such, they may contain spelling and grammatical errors. Some modern reproductions of these texts have these errors corrected, but may not be in the public domain.

No. Texts must be typed in the order they appear in the book. Typing Classics is focussed on being an endourance test rather than a traditional way to read books. In order to provide the most accurate stats possible, and preserve the purpose of the game, books must be typed from start to finish.

Some books contain images which cannot be traditionally typed. These file names are left for reference.

In the typing view, toggle 'Easy Special Characters'. When 'Easy Special Characters' is on, special characters are mapped tostandard English characters. To see which characters are mapped, hover over the help icon in the 'Easy Special Characters' container.

At this time only English books are supported. Automatically translating the page will break the typing test.

The timer automatically pauses after 2 seconds of inactivity. It is unlikely to make a major impact on your score given the size of the prompts.

Texts are sourced from Project Gutenberg. The project is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works in the public domain. Visit https://www.gutenberg.org to learn more.