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### Dataset Summary
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This dataset consists of books digitised by the British Library in partnership with Microsoft. The dataset includes ~25 million pages of out of copyright texts. The majority of the texts were published in the 18th and 19th Century, but the collection also consists of a smaller number of books from earlier periods. Items within this collection cover a wide range of subject areas, including geography, philosophy, history, poetry and literature and are published in various languages. The dataset consits of around 7.67 billion words
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While the books are predominately from the 18th and 19th Centuries, there are fewer books from earlier periods. The number of pages in the corpus by decade:
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This dataset consists of books digitised by the British Library in partnership with Microsoft. The dataset includes ~25 million pages of out of copyright texts. The majority of the texts were published in the 18th and 19th Century, but the collection also consists of a smaller number of books from earlier periods. Items within this collection cover a wide range of subject areas, including geography, philosophy, history, poetry and literature and are published in various languages. The dataset consits of around *7.67 billion words*.
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While the books are predominately from the 18th and 19th Centuries, there are fewer books from earlier periods. The number of pages in the corpus by decade:
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