English public-domain books
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A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens · 1843
Aesop's FablesAesop / V. S. Vernon Jones translation · 1912 ed.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRobert Louis Stevenson · 1886
The Time MachineH. G. Wells · 1895
About these editions
A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens (1843). Dickens died 1870; US/UK/India public domain. Hosted in our Classic Library from Project Gutenberg text.
Aesop's Fables — Aesop / V. S. Vernon Jones translation (1912 ed.). Ancient fables; this English translation is public domain (translator died 1955; Gutenberg edition). Hosted in Classic Library.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson (1886). Stevenson died 1894; public domain. Hosted in Classic Library.
The Time Machine — H. G. Wells (1895). Wells died 1946; public domain in the US and many countries. Hosted in Classic Library if present.
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