---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- text-generation
- text2text-generation
language:
- en
tags:
- art
- story
- books
- novel
pretty_name: gutenberg_books
---

---
Dataset:
- Navanjana/Gutenberg_books
---

# Dataset Card for Gutenberg_books

## Dataset Summary

The **Gutenberg_books** dataset comprises a collection of literary works from Project Gutenberg, formatted into a CSV file for ease of use in natural language processing (NLP) tasks. This dataset is intended for applications such as text classification, language modeling, and other NLP experiments.

## Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

- **Language Modeling**: Train models to predict the next word or sequence of words in a text.
- **Text Classification**: Categorize texts into predefined genres or themes.
- **Text Generation**: Generate human-like text based on the styles present in the dataset.

## Languages

The dataset primarily includes works in English.

## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances

Each row in the CSV file represents a literary work with the following fields:

- **Title**: The title of the work.
- **Text**: The full text of the work.

### Data Fields

- **Title** (string): The title of the literary work.
- **Text** (string): The complete text of the work.

### Data Splits

The dataset is provided as a single CSV file without predefined splits. Users can create their own training, validation, and test splits as needed.

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

The dataset was curated to provide a diverse collection of literary works for NLP research and development, enabling tasks such as language modeling and text classification.

### Source Data

#### Initial Data Collection and Processing

The texts were sourced from [Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/), a repository of free eBooks. Each text was processed to remove non-essential content like headers and footers, ensuring consistency across the dataset.

#### Who are the source data producers?

The original texts were digitized and provided by Project Gutenberg, a volunteer effort to archive cultural works.

### Annotations

No additional annotations were added to this dataset.

### Personal and Sensitive Information

The dataset contains public domain literary works and does not include personal or sensitive information.

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Social Impact of Dataset

This dataset enables the development of language models and other NLP tools that can understand and generate human-like text, contributing to advancements in AI literacy and accessibility.

### Discussion of Biases

The dataset consists of literary works primarily from Western authors, which may introduce cultural or linguistic biases. Users should be aware of this limitation when training models.

### Other Known Limitations

Some texts may contain outdated language or perspectives reflective of their time of writing.

## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators

The dataset was curated by Navanjana.

### Licensing Information

The original texts are from Project Gutenberg and are in the public domain.

### Citation Information

If you use this dataset, please cite Project Gutenberg as the source of the original texts.

### Contributions

Contributions to this dataset are welcome. Please contact Navanjana for more information.