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Exploring Nations, Peoples & the Past
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
UANHE Public Domain Literature Library
A growing collection of 99 public-domain books spanning historical fiction, social commentary, adventure, criticism, diaries and more. Browse works by 125 authors across four curated categories.
99 public-domain works125 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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Wars, Revolutions & Nations
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Exploring Essays, Criticism & Ideas
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Exploring Diaries, Letters & Life Stories
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
Goethe's literary essays — Theme...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
View catalogue recordNewly Catalogued by UANHE
War letters from the living dead...
In Wars, R...
A survey of modernist poetry — A...
In Explori...
A Confederate surgeon's letters ...
In Wars, R...
Tropical nature, and other essay...
In Explori...
On books and arts — Themes and C...
In Wars, R...
Advice to young men and boys A s...
In Explori...
Fabian Essays in Socialism — Rea...
In Explori...
Educated working women: Essays o...
In Explori...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Exploring Nations, Peoples & the PastOpen a focused route to works connected with Exploring Nations, Peoples & the Past.Explore Wars, Revolutions & NationsCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Wars, Revolutions & Nations.Read through Exploring Essays, Criticism & IdeasMove from introductory records to related works in Exploring Essays, Criticism & Ideas.Browse Exploring Diaries, Letters & Life StoriesUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Exploring Diaries, Letters & Life Stories.
Record framework
How This Catalogue Works
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Source connection
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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.
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Use the contact page and include the work title, page address and the exact attribution, category, metadata or source detail requiring attention.
Catalogue stewardship
William Hemingway
Associate Editor
Maintains catalogue records, records source attribution, organises metadata, assigns categories and prepares editorial context for the public-domain collection.