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NUQEW Public Domain Literature Library is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Literature. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This collection brings together 91 volumes of letters and speeches spanning centuries and continents. From the Paston family's medieval correspondence to Abraham Lincoln's presidential writings, and from Cicero's Latin epistles to Mary Wollstonecraft's love letters, these primary sources illuminate personal, social, and political histories. Categories include Adventure & Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy & Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction & Utopias, and Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction.

Frequent subjects include English letters, love-letters, and correspondence of authors from the 18th and 19th centuries. Editors such as James Gairdner and Rowland E. Prothero have prepared authoritative editions. Whether you study the Wars of the Roses or the evolution of letter writing, this library offers direct access to voices from the past.

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