Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Gogol, Pushkin, Tolstoy, and TurgenevAuthor: ,Language: English, Class: PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature, Release Date: May 1, 2004