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.A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich TurgenevAuthor: Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883,Language: English, Class: PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature, Release Date: Sep 1, 2005