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* ''Literature/{{Hester}}''

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* The first 21 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, and an additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including

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* The first 21 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, series (books published before 1929), and an additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including



* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; same status as ''John Carter of Mars'' in other territories

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* ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit''
* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' – the first nine novels and first short any story collection published before 1929 in the US; same status as ''John Carter of Mars'' in other territories



* ''Literature/{{Ukridge}}'' - roughly half of the stories (the ones published before 1924)

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* ''Literature/{{Ukridge}}'' - roughly half of the (the stories (the ones published before 1924)1929)

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* ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'' - the first two books only



* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfBarsetshire''



* ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' - the early short stories and books only



* ''Literature/TheKellysAndTheOKellys''
* ''Literature/{{Kenilworth}}''



* ''Literature/LadySusan''



* ''Literature/LadySusan''

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* ''Literature/LadySusan''''Literature/LaVendee''


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* ''Literature/TheMacDermotsOfBallycloran''


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* ''Literature/{{Palliser}}''


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* ''Literature/{{Psmith}}''


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* ''Literature/ReggiePepper''


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* ''Literature/{{Ukridge}}'' - roughly half of the stories (the ones published before 1924)


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* ''Literature/{{Waverley}}''
* ''Literature/TheWayWeLiveNow''
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* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' - the first book is public domain in the U.S. as of 2022, with the second book set to follow in 2024; the British copyright on the text will expire in 2027, at which point all Creator/AAMilne works will be public domain in the UK. However, the illustrations will not become PD in the UK until 2047; illustrator E.H. Shepard lived until 1976.

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* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' - the first book is two books are public domain in the U.S. as of 2022, with the second book set to follow in 2024; the British copyright on the text will expire in 2027, at which point all Creator/AAMilne works will be public domain in the UK. However, the illustrations will not become PD in the UK until 2047; illustrator E.H. Shepard lived until 1976.
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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1928. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.

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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1928.1929. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.
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* ''Literature/AroundTheWorldIn80Days''

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* ''Literature/AroundTheWorldIn80Days''''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays''
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* ''Literature/TheTimeMachine''
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* ''Literature/TheSwordOfSaintFerdinand''
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* ''Literature/{{Zorro}}'' - the original literature works by [=McCulley=], ''The Curse of Capistrano'' and ''The Further Adventures of Zorro''
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* ''Film/KingKong1933'' novelization - significantly the ''only'' media in the Franchise/KingKong franchise to have entered public domain, allowing the production of a number of unlicensed sequels, adaptations, and modifications (usually timed to cash in on the release of a recently released King Kong film), such as ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyKong'', ''Literature/KongReborn'', and ''Literature/KongKingOfSkullIsland'' (the last of which has its own AlternateContinuity spawned from it).
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* ''Literature/ThePurpleCloud''

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* ''Literature/BleakHouse''



* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''



* ''Literature/DavidCopperfield''



* ''Literature/NicholasNickleby''



* ''Theatre/SwanLake''



* ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities''




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* ''Theatre/SwanLake''
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* ''Literature/AroundTheWorldIn80Days''


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* ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines''
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* ''Literature/TheWaterBabies''
* ''Literature/WetMagic''
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* ''Literature/JohnsLily''
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* ''Literature/EricOrLittleByLittle''
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* ''Literature/LittleWomen''
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* ''Literature/TheWormOuroboros''

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* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''



* ''Literature/CaptainsCourageous''



* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''



* ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth''
* ''Literature/TheJungleBook''



* ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}''



* ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}''


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* ''Literature/APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan''


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* ''Literature/TreasureIsland''
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* ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''
* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer''


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* ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''


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* ''Literature/OttoOfTheSilverHand''


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* ''Literature/{{Ulysses}}''

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If The Iliad is sorted under Mythology & Religion, The Odyssey should be as well.


* ''Literature/TheIliad''



* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''


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* ''Literature/TheOdyssey''

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* ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''



* ''Literature/TheCallOfTheWild''
* ''Literature/{{Candide}}''



* ''Literature/{{Candide}}''



* ''Literature/GreatExpectations''



* ''Literature/{{Heidi}}''



* ''Literature/TheIliad''



* ''Literature/JaneEyre''



* ''Literature/LesMiserables''



* ''Literature/OliverTwist''



* ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper''



* ''Literature/RebeccaOfSunnybrookFarm''



* ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe''



* ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson''



* ''Literature/WhiteFang''




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* ''Literature/WutheringHeights''
* ''Literature/TheYoungDiana''
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* ''Literature/ThePirate''
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* The first 20 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, and an additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including

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* The first 20 21 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, and an additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including
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* ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' – the first five books in the US; the entire series in the EU apart from Spain, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico;[[note]]before 1982, Mexico's term was life plus ''30'', and none of that country's three later term extensions (to life plus 50, 75, and 100) were retroactive.[[/note]] none of the series in Spain.

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* ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' – the first five books in the US; the entire series in the EU apart from Spain, the UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and Mexico;[[note]]before 1982, Mexico's term was life plus ''30'', and none of that country's three later term extensions (to life plus 50, 75, and 100) were retroactive.[[/note]] none of the series in Spain.
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The entire series is also PD in Japan.


* In Canada and New Zealand, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term prior to 2019 was life plus ''50'' years. NZ still uses "life plus 50". The series thus entered the PD in both countries in 2010.[[/labelnote]]

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* In Canada Canada, Japan, and New Zealand, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term prior to 2019 2022 was life plus ''50'' years.years, and the extension was not made retroactive. Japan made the same change in 2018, and also didn't make it retroactive. NZ still uses "life plus 50". The series thus entered the PD in both all three countries in 2010.[[/labelnote]]
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* ''Literature/TheQuran'''s Arabic text is in the public domain, but some of the various modern translations aren't.

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