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Exploration Survival Adventure Tales
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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LIWOI Public Domain Literature Library – 96 Public Domain Works
This library groups 96 public-domain titles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries into four overlapping categories: exploration and survival tales, fantasy and juvenile fiction, early science fiction about machines and inventions, and historical, psychological, and social fiction. The mix deliberately crosses genre lines—so a war category may hold a labor novel, and a sailors category may feature school stories. Each record includes bibliographic data, keywords, and an editorial note that highlights structural choices or thematic tensions. Use the categories as starting points, or jump in through one of three suggested reading paths based on interest.
96 public-domain works119 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Fantasy Juvenile Worlds
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Machines Inventions Early Science Fiction
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Historical Psychological Social Fiction
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Literature — Editor’s Selection
Newly Catalogued by LIWOI
From ploughshare to pulpit — Rea...
In Fantasy...
Old comrades — Key Ideas to Explore
In Fantasy...
An elder brother — Story, Settin...
In Fantasy...
The Fairchilds — A Closer Reading
In Fantasy...
Seven daughters — Key Ideas to E...
In Fantasy...
Lady Jane — Key Ideas to Explore
In Fantasy...
Ralph Trulock's Christmas Roses ...
In Explora...
The Rambler Club's aeroplane — S...
In Fantasy...
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LIWOI Catalogue manages the overall structure of the digital library, which includes 96 books and 119 authors across 4 categories. They ensure the accuracy and reliability of the collections.
