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DIYAU Public Domain Literature Library is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Literature. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This digital library presents 99 works spanning Exploration, Survival & Adventure Tales, Fantasy & Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction & Utopias, and Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction. The collection includes Western stories, love stories, humorous fiction, and domestic novels, with frequent subjects such as courtship, marriage, and man-woman relationships. Representative authors include Wilder, King, Haldeman-Julius, Hartley, Fox, Brown, Adams, and Quiller-Couch.

Featured titles include Princess, The last spike, and other railroad stories, Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West, David Harum: A Story of American Life, Lippa, and The House by the Church-Yard. These works offer a curated selection of American and British literature from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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