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Adventure Picaresque Fiction
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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IBEJE Public Domain Literature Library: Classic Works and Historical Texts
This library groups 90 public-domain plays and dramatic works into four overlapping themes: Adventure Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction Utopias, and Historical Psychological Social Fiction. The categories are navigation aids, not verdicts; many works straddle boundaries. For example, a children’s play might sit beside a science-fiction farce. Readers can enter through a favorite theme, or follow one of three suggested paths—British comedy, psychological drama, or historical spectacle—to see how distinct works converse. Each record supplies author, source attribution, and a critical note on textual features, helping you read with attention to structure and language.
90 public-domain works109 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Fantasy Juvenile Worlds
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Science Fiction Utopias
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Historical Psychological Social Fiction
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Science Fiction Utopias
The spoil'd child: A farce, in t...
Authored by Authors: Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-..., 'The spoil'd child: A farce, in t...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Science Fiction Utopias category. This farce, performed at Drury Lane in 1805, uses rapid dialogue and exaggerated schemes to expose the folly of spoiling children. The prologue, spoken by Dorothy Jordan, sets a meta-theatrical tone, while Little Pickle's escalating pranks drive the two-act structure. Observations focus on the play's self-aware humor, rhythmic prose, and the contrast between affected sentiment and farcical action. This volume offers essential insights for researchers and enthusiasts alike.
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Three plays by Frederic Hebbel —...
In Histori...
The old English dramatists — A C...
In Science...
Love and tea: A comedy-drama of ...
In Fantasy...
"Lexington": A Pageant-Drama of ...
In Adventu...
A dramatization of Longfellow's ...
In Histori...
The Plays of Roswitha — Edition ...
In Science...
Five Men and Pompey: A Series of...
In Histori...
Original Plays, Second Series — ...
In Adventu...
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Begin with Adventure Picaresque FictionOpen a focused route to works connected with Adventure Picaresque Fiction.Explore Fantasy Juvenile WorldsCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Fantasy Juvenile Worlds.Read through Science Fiction UtopiasMove from introductory records to related works in Science Fiction Utopias.Browse Historical Psychological Social FictionUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Historical Psychological Social Fiction.
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