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ITIOW Public Domain Literature Library – Explore 100 Classic Public Domain Titles
This library organizes 100 public-domain works around four questions: What happens at sea? What lies beyond the everyday world? What might the future hold? And how did people live in other times? Instead of a strict genre system, the categories (Sea Voyages & Pirate Adventures, Fairy Tales & Myths & Imaginary Worlds, Science Fiction & Utopias, Historical & Social Novels) act as starting points. Each book record includes editorial notes on language, structure, and historical context, plus keywords and a target reader. For a practical entry, follow a reading path: trace detective fiction from Victorian London to Jazz Age New York, or see social change through three novels.
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The Midlander — Key Ideas to Exp...
In Fairy T...
The Gray Angels — Story, Setting...
In Fairy T...
Traced and Tracked; Or, Memoirs ...
In Science...
The Last Rebel — Context and Dis...
In Sea Voy...
Christmas at Thompson Hall — Rea...
In Histori...
Diana Trelawny — Story, Setting ...
In Science...
The Bar-20 Three — Key Ideas to ...
In Sea Voy...
Blue Jackets; or, The Adventures...
In Fairy T...
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Science Fiction UtopiasHistorical Social NovelsSea Voyages Pirate AdventuresFairy Tales Myths Imaginary Worlds
Featured Roland Yorke A Sequel to "The Ch... Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 In Fairy T...Featured The Little Moment of Happiness —... Authors: Kelland, Clarence Budingt... In Science...Featured The Cliff-Dwellers: A Novel — A ... Authors: Fuller, Henry Blake, 1857... In Histori...Featured Ramshackle House — Context and D... Authors: Footner, Hulbert, 1879-1944 In Sea Voy...
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- Diana Trelawny — Story, Setting ... Authors: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)... In Science...
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