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Exploring History, Empires & Change
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Independent digital catalogue
EQOPI Public Domain Literature Library: History, Supernatural & Social Fiction
The EQOPI Public Domain Literature Library offers 93 works of classic fiction, history, and supernatural tales. Browse curated collections covering adventure, power, ghosts, and historical worlds. All texts are public domain, freely accessible for reading and exploration.
93 public-domain works127 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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Conflict, Power & Social Change
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Ghosts & Supernatural Tales: Sources & Perspectives
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds — Reader’s Shelf
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Literature — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
Too old to fly — Themes and Context
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
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Silence, and other stories — A C...
In Lives, ...
A devil of a fellow, and The yel...
In Explori...
A book of dear dead women — Cont...
In Ghosts ...
The Eatonville anthology — Theme...
In Explori...
The best stories of Sarah Orne J...
In Ghosts ...
Heimweh; The siren; The loaded g...
In Explori...
The best stories of Sarah Orne J...
In Ghosts ...
Stories of New York — Context an...
In Explori...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Exploring History, Empires & ChangeOpen a focused route to works connected with Exploring History, Empires & Change.Explore Conflict, Power & Social ChangeCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Conflict, Power & Social Change.Read through Ghosts & Supernatural Tales: Sources & PerspectivesMove from introductory records to related works in Ghosts & Supernatural Tales: Sources & Perspectives.Browse Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds — Reader’s ShelfUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds — Reader’s Shelf.
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
Samuel Conan
Associate Editor
Samuel Conan maintains catalogue records, records source attribution, organizes metadata, assigns categories, and prepares editorial context for the collection.
