---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: id
    dtype: string
  - name: text
    dtype: string
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  - name: en
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  - name: fr
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  - name: it
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  - name: pl
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  - name: sv
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  - name: zh
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    num_examples: 437
  download_size: 14399256761
  dataset_size: 30911584135
task_categories:
- text-generation
language:
- fr
- en
- zh
- pt
- pl
- nl
- ru
- sv
- it
- de
- es
pretty_name: Project Gutenberg
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---
# Dataset Card for "Project Gutenberg"

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### Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("manu/project_gutenberg", split="fr", streaming=True)

print(next(iter(ds)))
```

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