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Exploring Classic Adventures & Expeditions
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
Independent digital catalogue
AWOVI Public Domain Literature Library – Classic Adventures, Juvenile Classics, World Events & Historical Worlds
AWOVI is a growing digital collection of public-domain books. The library currently holds 97 titles by 77 authors, organised into four categories: adventure and picaresque fiction; childhood classics; science fiction and utopias; and historical, psychological and social fiction. The collection aims to make older literary works accessible to modern readers.
97 public-domain works77 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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Childhood Classics: Texts & Context
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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A Guide to World Events in Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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A Guide to Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds
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
The Penalty — Context and Discus...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
View catalogue recordNewly Catalogued by AWOVI
Nancy MacIntyre: A Tale of the P...
In Explori...
Lady Connie — A Closer Reading
In A Guide...
Greatheart — Background and Themes
In A Guide...
A King's Comrade: A Story of Old...
In A Guide...
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And ...
In A Guide...
The Firm of Girdlestone — Backgr...
In A Guide...
Wild Western Scenes A Narrative ...
In A Guide...
Frank Mildmay; Or, The Naval Off...
In Explori...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Exploring Classic Adventures & ExpeditionsOpen a focused route to works connected with Exploring Classic Adventures & Expeditions.Explore Childhood Classics: Texts & ContextCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Childhood Classics: Texts & Context.Read through A Guide to World Events in ContextMove from introductory records to related works in A Guide to World Events in Context.Browse A Guide to Lives, Customs & Historical WorldsUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in A Guide to Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds.
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
Ralph Atwood
Senior Catalogue Editor
Ralph Atwood maintains the catalogue records, organises metadata, assigns categories, and prepares editorial context for the public-domain works in the library.
