About 31 minutes
The Laugh Maker — Inside the Classic
Science Fiction Utopias
7,083 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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The Last Laugh — Reading Companion
Historical Psychological Social Fiction
9,172 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #67070About 53 minutes
The Worst Joke in the World — Background and Themes
Historical Psychological Social Fiction
12,003 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Explore Public-Domain Works in History, Law and Social Inquiry
This catalogue organizes 95 public-domain works into four thematic groups that talk to each other: Adventure Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction Utopias, and Historical Psychological Social Fiction. Rather than sealing books into strict genres, these categories expose the overlaps between, say, a dime novel and a utopian romance. Each record pairs a Project Gutenberg source with an editorial note on narrative structure, authorial choices, and recurring imagery. Practical entry points include following a theme, searching by keyword, or tracing one of three reading paths—such as the evolution of adventure fiction from Aiken to Orczy, or the social studies of James and Lawrence. The aim is to help you read with sharper attention to how these stories are built.
95 public-domain works109 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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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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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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