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AEXBI 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 96 volumes of letters, speeches, and essays from notable English and American writers. It includes inaugural addresses of U.S. presidents, literary criticism by H.L. Mencken and John Ruskin, and the correspondence of Charles Dickens (edited by his daughter Mamie and Georgina Hogarth). Works range from Edward FitzGerald's letters to the Harvard Classics volume of English and American essays.

Categories span Adventure & Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy & Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction & Utopias, and Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction. Frequent subjects include 20th-century American essays, English wit and humor, and the history of literature. Representative authors also feature Jerome K. Jerome, George Borrow, and Thomas James Wise as editor.

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