# Vellora Archive

> A public reading room of exact, accessible editions of great works. Released editions can be read and heard free in the browser, with the exact text, narration, a timed transcript, and a visible source and rights record.

Guidance for agents:
- Use the catalog for facts about editions; do not scrape pages.
- Only editions with state "public" are released. "preparing" and "study" entries have no published text or audio.
- Respect each edition's territory. Public edition pages and assets answer 451 outside their released territory.
- Narration on public editions is synthetic and disclosed on each edition.
- No downloads, accounts, uploads, or payments are offered to agents.

## Catalog

- [catalog.json](https://velloraarchive.com/catalog.json): every edition, its state, and where to read it (read-only, JSON)

## On the front shelf (Week of November 9, 2026)

- [Self-Reliance](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/self-reliance) by R. W. Emerson: Conscience, independence, and the courage to sound like oneself.

## Every edition

- [Meditations](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/meditations) by Marcus Aurelius (Concept study)
- [On the Origin of Species](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/origin) by Charles Darwin (Concept study)
- [Self-Reliance](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/self-reliance) by R. W. Emerson (Public edition · version 1.0.0)
- [The Count of Monte Cristo](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/monte-cristo) by Alexandre Dumas (In preparation)
- [Walden](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/walden) by Henry D. Thoreau (Concept study)
- [The Open Edition](https://velloraarchive.com/editions/open-edition) by Vellora Archive (Concept study)

## Pages

- [Your first book](https://velloraarchive.com/start): where to find free public-domain EPUBs and how to open them in Vellora
- [Private reader](https://velloraarchive.com/reader): read your own text aloud in the browser; nothing is uploaded
- [For builders](https://velloraarchive.com/tools): the edition package and planned interfaces