The Novels Collection gathers the finest long-form fiction in the public domain — the sweeping, immersive works that have defined the novel as an art form. It spans realism, romance, satire, and the gothic, from beloved classics to hidden gems by authors writing across two centuries.
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- Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
- Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleHerman Melville
- Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky
- The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
- The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
- A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
- CarmenProsper Mérimée
- Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
- Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll
- The Blue Castle: a novelL. M. Montgomery
- The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer
- DraculaBram Stoker
- The Green MummyFergus Hume
- Le Fantôme de l'OpéraGaston Leroux
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
- Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
- Little WomenLouisa May Alcott
- MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot
- The Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareG. K. Chesterton
- Blow The Man DownHolman Day
- The Sex Life of the GodsM. E. Knerr
- The Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles Dickens
- Frankenstein; or, the Modern PrometheusMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-BurglarMaurice Leblanc
- The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
- The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
- EloisaJean-Jacques Rousseau
- Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
- MoodsLouisa May Alcott
- Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
- Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal BirthdayMrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
- The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle
- A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
- The Prairie WifeArthur Stringer
- A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
- Manon LescautAbbé Prévost
- On the CrossWilhelmine von Hillern
- Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
- Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: NovelleJoseph von Eichendorff
- The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
- The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
- What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes
- That Which Hath WingsRichard Dehan
- A Journey to the Centre of the EarthJules Verne
- History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
- That Girl MontanaMarah Ellis Ryan
- The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
- Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
- Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
- Dr. Mabuse, der SpielerNorbert Jacques
- Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
- One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
- The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome IAlexandre Dumas
- The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
- The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
- Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
- The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
- CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
- The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle
- One WomanAlfred Ollivant
- The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux
- The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie
- The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins
- The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas
- The MoonstoneWilkie Collins
- The Yellow CrayonE. Phillips Oppenheim
- Twenty years afterAlexandre Dumas
- I am a womanAnn Bannon
- The Heather-MoonC. N. & A. M. Williamson
- Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
- The Girl PhilippaRobert W. Chambers
- A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
- UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)Alexandre Dumas
- The Red Lily — CompleteAnatole France
- A Romance of Billy-Goat HillAlice Caldwell Hegan Rice
- The LandloperHolman Day
- The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald
- Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne
- The Enchanted AprilElizabeth Von Arnim
- Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë
- The Green MouseRobert W. Chambers
- The Sorrows of Young WertherJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoyevsky
- CranfordElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding
- Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomTobias Smollett
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteMark Twain
- The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerTobias Smollett
- A Heart-Song of To-dayAnnie G. Savigny
- The Adventures of Roderick RandomTobias Smollett
- Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain
- Daughters of NijoOnoto Watanna
- The Red SealNatalie Sumner Lincoln
- The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
- War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
- Peter PanJ. M. Barrie
- The Place of HoneymoonsHarold MacGrath
- WanderfootCynthia Stockley
- Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson
- The Mandarin’s FanFergus Hume
- The Hermit Doctor of GayaI. A. R. Wylie
- InfatuationLloyd Osbourne
- The Honour of SavelliS. Levett Yeats
- Arsène Lupin IntervenesMaurice Leblanc
- ThelmaMarie Corelli
- Only Seven Were HangedStuart Martin
- The Copper HouseJulius Regis
- Paul Patoff F. Marion Crawford
- My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin
- The Art of Disappearing John Talbot Smith
- Debts of Honor Mór Jókai
- Hunger Knut Hamsun
- Max Havelaar Multatuli
- Antony Gray, Gardener Leslie Moore
- Botchan Natsume Sōseki
- The Dead Command Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- A Venetian June Anna Fuller
- The Home and the World Rabindranath Tagore
- Doña Perfecta Benito Pérez Galdós
- The Rider of Waroona G. Firth Scott
- A Village of Vagabonds F. Berkeley Smith
- The Bill-Toppers André Castaigne
- Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin
- Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun
- The Day of Wrath Mór Jókai
- Fair Margaret F. Marion Crawford
- The Dust Flower Basil King
- Marianela Benito Pérez Galdós
- Pelle the Conqueror Martin Andersen Nexø
- The Child of Pleasure Gabriele D’Annunzio
- St. Cuthbert’s Robert E. Knowles
- The Street Called Straight Basil King
- Wanderers Knut Hamsun
- The Triumph of Death Gabriele D’Annunzio
- O. T.: A Danish Romance Hans Christian Andersen
- The Red Room August Strindberg
- A Pessimist in Theory and Practice Frederic M. Bird
- A Hungarian Nabob Mór Jókai
- Pan Knut Hamsun
- Hilda Wade Grant Allen
- The Headsman James Fenimore Cooper
- The Dangerous Age Karin Michaëlis
- Maurice Guest Henry Handel Richardson
- The Doctor: A Tale of the Rockies Ralph Connor
- The Intruder Gabriele D’Annunzio
- The Dark Star Robert W. Chambers
- The Uncrowned King Harold Bell Wright
- Colonial Born G. Firth Scott
- Bluebell Mrs. G. C. Huddleston
- The Foreigner Ralph Connor
- Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land Rosa Praed
- The Right of Way Gilbert Parker
- Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Olive Schreiner
- The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood
- Natalie Emma V. Hallett
- The Torrent Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- Marzio’s Crucifix and Zoroaster F. Marion Crawford
- Unhuman Tour Natsume Sōseki
- The Cryptogram James De Mille
- The Poison Tree Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Half a Hero Anthony Hope
- Mabel’s Mistake Ann S. Stephens
- The Brook Kerith George Moore
- Kittens Svend Fleuron
- The Soul of a Child Edwin Björkman
- The Visionary Jonas Lie
- Philip Dru: Administrator Edward Mandell House
- The Story of Gösta Berling Selma Lagerlöf
- Jerusalem Selma Lagerlöf
- The Living Link James De Mille
- The Home Fredrika Bremer
- The Hidden Force Louis Couperus
- The Wild Olive Basil King
- The Master Israel Zangwill
- Niels Lyhne J. P. Jacobsen
- The Miracle Man Frank L. Packard
- The Emperor of Portugallia Selma Lagerlöf
- Eline Vere Louis Couperus
- Without Dogma Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Big Timber Bertrand W. Sinclair
- Spiritual Vampirism Charles Wilkins Webber
- Ticket No. 9672 Jules Verne
- You Never Know Your Luck Gilbert Parker
- Poppy Cynthia Stockley
- The Confession of a Fool August Strindberg
- A Roman Singer F. Marion Crawford
- Bought and Paid For Arthur Hornblow
- Blood and Sand Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- The Great Hunger Johan Bojer
- Farewell Love Matilde Serao
- Look Back on Happiness Knut Hamsun
- Caesar or Nothing Pío Baroja
- Miriam Monfort Catherine A. Warfield
- The Saint Antonio Fogazzaro
- The World for Sale Gilbert Parker
- The Side of the Angels Basil King
- The Measure of a Man Amelia E. Barr
- The Shadow of the Cathedral Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- The Choice of Life Georgette Leblanc
- Lewie; or, The Bended Twig Sarah H. Bradford
- The Northern Light E. Werner
- The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Francis Lynde
- Fairy Fingers Anna Cora Mowatt
- An Australian Girl Catherine Martin
- To Him That Hath Ralph Connor
- Jenny Sigrid Undset
- The House by the Medlar-Tree Giovanni Verga
- Froth Armando Palacio Valdés
- Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper Francisco de Quevedo
- Twos and Threes G. B. Stern
- My Lady Nobody Maarten Maartens
- Mr. Wu Louise Jordan Miln
- Tracy Park Mary Jane Holmes
- Archibald Malmaison Julian Hawthorne
- Black Diamonds Mór Jókai
- The Shoemaker Olive Harper
- Swirling Waters Max Rittenberg
- ‘Our Guy’ Mrs. E. E. Boyd
- Doctor Claudius F. Marion Crawford
- Dragon’s Teeth Eça de Queirós
- Carmen’s Messenger Harold Bindloss
- The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan
- The King’s Mirror Anthony Hope
- The Valley of Gold David Howarth
- The Growth of a Soul August Strindberg
- The Honorable Percival Alice Hegan Rice
- Little Sister Snow Frances Little
- The Money Master Gilbert Parker
- Wild Youth Gilbert Parker
- One of Life’s Slaves Jonas Lie
- Ovind Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- Tom Clark and His Wife Paschal Beverly Randolph
- Genevra G. G. Fairfield
- The Devourers Annie Vivanti
- Sisters Ada Cambridge
- From a Swedish Homestead Selma Lagerlöf
- The Grandee Armando Palacio Valdés
- The Spoilt Child Peary Chand Mitra
- Don Orsino F. Marion Crawford
- Woman Magdeleine Marx
- Doctor Therne H. Rider Haggard
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft Selma Lagerlöf
- Victoria Knut Hamsun
- The Pretender Robert W. Service
- The City of the Discreet Pío Baroja
- The Happy Isles Basil King
- The Inferno August Strindberg
- The Land of Cockayne Matilde Serao
- The Prospector Ralph Connor
- What Dreams May Come Gertrude Atherton
- Happy Walter Flavius McCaleb
- Rose à Charlitte Marshall Saunders
- At the Councillor’s E. Marlitt
- The Conquest of Rome Matilde Serao
- The Guests of Hercules C. N. and A. M. Williamson
- Tower of Ivory Gertrude Atherton
- Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair
- Sister Teresa George Moore
- Wang the Ninth B. L. Putnam Weale
- From Wealth to Poverty Austin Potter
- My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper
- This Finer Shadow Harlan Cozad McIntosh
- The Going of the White Swan Gilbert Parker
- A Spring-time Case Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
- The Workingman’s Paradise William Lane
- Whosoever Shall Offend F. Marion Crawford
- Garman and Worse Alexander Kielland
- Mr. Hogarth’s Will Catherine Helen Spence
- Shallow Soil Knut Hamsun
- The Path of a Star Sara Jeannette Duncan
- The Quest Pío Baroja
- Adèle Dubois Mary Langdon Bradbury Savage
- Up the Hill and Over Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
- By Right of Conquest Arthur Hornblow
- Grim: The Story of a Pike Svend Fleuron
- The Heart of Rome F. Marion Crawford
- Thoroughbreds W. A. Fraser
- The Poisoned Paradise Robert W. Service
- The Valley of Squinting Windows Brinsley MacNamara
- The Arch-Satirist Frances Fenwick Williams
- A Happy Boy Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- Greifenstein F. Marion Crawford
- Forrest House Mary Jane Holmes
- The Wonder Woman Mae Van Norman Long
- The Home in the Valley Emilie Flygare-Carlén
- Mary Gray Katharine Tynan
- The Hero of Hill House Mabel Hale
- Jean Baptiste J. E. Le Rossignol
- Small Souls Louis Couperus
- Fenella Henry Longan Stuart
- The Unhallowed Harvest Homer Greene
- The Green God’s Pavilion Mabel Wood Martin
- The Enemies of Women Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- The Inner Shrine Basil King
- Nightfall Anthony Pryde
- The Vow Paul Trent
- Dawn Mrs. H. A. Adams
- Liliecrona’s Home Selma Lagerlöf
- Victor Victorious Cecil Starr Johns
- The Destroying Angel Louis Joseph Vance
- Geoffrey Hampstead Stinson Jarvis
- The Outcast Selma Lagerlöf
- Babes in the Bush Rolf Boldrewood
- Carnac’s Folly Gilbert Parker
- Major Frank A. L. G. Bosboom-Toussaint
- The Heart of Hyacinth Onoto Watanna
- Where Deep Seas Moan E. Gallienne Robin
- The Poor Gentleman Hendrik Conscience
- The Waters of Edera Ouida
- The Worshipper of the Image Richard Le Gallienne
- The Yellow Rose Mór Jókai