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    PROJECT GUTENBERG NEWSLETTER
    FOR NOVEMBER, 1997 

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    Books Index update from #1.057 to #1,092 (the 32 October PG Etexts, and 4 more to start November.). 

    This is the Project Gutenberg Newsletter for Wednesday, November 5, 1997 

    Below are listed the 32 October PG Etexts, and 4 more to start November. We will be releasing separate files of the Complete Works of Shakespeare starting with Etext #1100 and continuing to approximately Etext #1137 to release our previous single file Complete Shakespeare, as was requested. We will also be releasing corrected versions of these files and versions of Shakespeare from other editions in the near future.

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