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Exploring School, Friendship & Growing Up
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
Public Domain Literature: School & Friendship, Fairy Tales, Future Societies, Historical
The IRTVI Public Domain Literature Library offers 98 classic works from 91 authors. Explore categories including school and friendship stories, fairy tales and myths, future societies, and historical fiction. These public-domain books are freely accessible for reading and download, focusing on themes of childhood, adventure, imagination, and society.
98 public-domain works91 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
Explore by Theme
Move through the collection by subject, historical setting and type of source.
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Exploring Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends
Fairy tales, legends, myths and traditional narratives drawn from different literary and cultural settings.
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Future Societies — Reader’s Shelf
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Literature — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
Heu-Heu, or The monster — Themes...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
View catalogue recordNewly Catalogued by IRTVI
The history and adventures of th...
In Explori...
She who sleeps — A Reader’s Guide
In Nations...
The spirit-rapper; an autobiogra...
In Nations...
The magnificent possession — A C...
In Future ...
On the mountain — Inside the Cla...
In Explori...
The life-eater — Background and ...
In Nations...
The black kiss — Themes and Context
In Nations...
The last dragon — Text and Context
In Explori...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Exploring School, Friendship & Growing UpOpen a focused route to works connected with Exploring School, Friendship & Growing Up.Explore Exploring Fairy Tales, Myths & LegendsCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Exploring Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends.Read through Future Societies — Reader’s ShelfMove from introductory records to related works in Future Societies — Reader’s Shelf.Browse Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & ContextUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & Context.
Record framework
How This Catalogue Works
How records are presented and connected without altering the represented source texts.
Source connection
Link catalogue pages with the files and references currently available.
Metadata organization
Present visible title, author and edition information for easier discovery.
Collection grouping
Arrange works by recurring subjects, literary settings and historical questions.
Context layer
Describe relationships between records while preserving the wording of source texts.
About these records
Frequently Asked Questions
How the collection is organized, presented and corrected.
It generally means that the represented source text is no longer protected by copyright in the applicable jurisdiction or has been released for public use. Status may vary by country and edition.
A record may include the title, author, category, cover, description, edition information, source references and available reading or download options.
A category reflects a work’s principal subjects, literary setting, source type and relationship to nearby records in the collection.
The catalogue adds navigation, metadata and editorial context. The represented source text retains its wording, edition information and rights status.
Use the contact page and include the work title, page address and the exact attribution, category, metadata or source detail requiring attention.
Catalogue stewardship
Emily Christie
Acquisitions Editor
Maintains catalogue records, organizes metadata, assigns categories, and records source attribution for public-domain works. Reviews submitted corrections to ensure accuracy of entries.
