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AAYET 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 brings together 91 works of general literature spanning adventure and picaresque fiction, fantasy and juvenile worlds, science fiction and utopias, as well as psychological, domestic, and love stories. Frequent subjects include detective and mystery stories, love stories, English social life and customs, inheritance and succession, and adventure stories. Representative authors include George Manville Fenn, Anna Katharine Green, Paul Heyse, Amelia E. Barr, Hermann Sudermann, Julia Kavanagh, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Harry Stillwell Edwards.

Notable titles include The Day of His Youth, The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel, The Loves of Ambrose, Lost Man's Lane: A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth, Through the Postern Gate: A Romance in Seven Days, and Avery. Each work has been selected for its enduring appeal and contribution to the literary tradition.

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