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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