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Wandering Heroes Classic Adventures

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Machines Inventions Early Science Fiction

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GODIU 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 collection of 93 works spans four categories: Wandering Heroes & Classic Adventures, Fantasy & Juvenile Worlds, Machines, Inventions & Early Science Fiction, and Historical & Social Novels. It includes dime novels, short stories, detective fiction, and psychological novels, with frequent themes of man-woman relationships, love, family, and murder investigation. Representative authors include T. C. Harbaugh, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Alfred Pretor, the Nicholas Carter house name, Dornford Yates, Willa Cather, Helen Topping Miller, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Featured titles range from The Stars Incline and When I Was a Little Girl to Antic Hay, The Lonely Warrior, Jenny: A Novel, and Mary Jane Married: Tales of a Village Inn. Settings include London, England, and the stories explore adventure, romance, and early science fiction. This digital library provides access to these works for reading and research.

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