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Adventure Picaresque Fiction
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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UARAN Public Domain Literature Library – Essays, History, Diaries & Life Sciences
The UARAN Public Domain Literature Library groups 93 public-domain works by 100 authors into four thematic categories. Rather than a simple alphabetical list, the collection is arranged so that readers can trace connections between adventure picaresque fiction, fantasy juvenile worlds, science fiction utopias, and historical psychological social fiction. These categories reflect shared literary concerns and settings, allowing for cross-reading and comparison. For instance, speculative narratives can be explored alongside social realism, and picaresque adventures juxtaposed with utopian visions. The catalogue provides source attributions and categories for each record, offering a structured but flexible way to explore a mix of fiction and non-fiction from the public domain.
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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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Science Fiction Utopias
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.
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Fantasy Juvenile Worlds
The philosophy of Elbert Hubbard...
Authored by Authors: Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-191..., 'The philosophy of Elbert Hubbard...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Fantasy Juvenile Worlds category. A 1916 compilation of Elbert Hubbard's essays and epigrams, revealing a personal creed centered on self-reliance, free motherhood, and a critique of institutional religion, with a distinctive typographic style. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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The roving critic — A Reader’s G...
In Adventu...
Compensation — Reading Notes
In Science...
Varia — Reading Notes
In Histori...
Books and men — Text and Context
In Adventu...
Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of ...
In Fantasy...
Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of ...
In Adventu...
Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of ...
In Science...
Prejudices — Text and Context
In Science...
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Begin with Adventure Picaresque FictionOpen a focused route to works connected with Adventure Picaresque Fiction.Explore Fantasy Juvenile WorldsCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Fantasy Juvenile Worlds.Read through Science Fiction UtopiasMove from introductory records to related works in Science Fiction Utopias.Browse Historical Psychological Social FictionUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Historical Psychological Social Fiction.
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