Yegle is a multilingual reading app that lets you read classic novels and humanities classics side by side in their original languages and in translation.

You can explore timeless works by authors such as Shakespeare, Kafka, Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and the Brontë sisters while comparing the original text with translated versions. Depending on the work, Yegle provides original texts in languages such as English, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, and more, together with translations in multiple languages for comparative reading.

Yegle is not just an e-book viewer. It is a classic reading service designed to help readers examine original texts and translations at the sentence and paragraph level. It is well suited for readers who want to study foreign-language originals, understand classic literature more deeply, or compare translations with the source text.

Key Features

* Read classic works in the original language alongside translations
* Check each work’s language, length, and estimated reading time
* Access original texts in English, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, and other languages
* Compare original texts and translations paragraph by paragraph
* Browse works freely without signing up
* Enjoy a web-based reading experience optimized for mobile devices

Copyright Notice

Yegle mainly provides original texts whose copyright protection period has expired or that are considered to be in the public domain. However, copyright terms and public domain status may vary depending on each country’s laws, the author’s year of death, the first publication date, and whether a text includes translation, editing, annotation, or other additional creative elements.

Yegle does not aim to reproduce modern translations published by existing publishers. Instead, it aims to build its own translations and openly usable translation resources based on public domain source texts. Translations provided by Yegle may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), according to the applicable notice.

Yegle seeks to make classic literature an open knowledge resource that more people can read, learn from, and improve together, rather than something reserved for only certain institutions or individuals.