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Public-domain classics by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jane Austen, Jules Verne, and more, in new NovelSpell editions and translations.

  • Cover of the book ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · A Gothic classic of scientific ambition and its human cost

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

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  • Cover of the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll · A children’s classic where curiosity meets nonsense

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens · A Christmas classic with a chilling warning

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

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  • Cover of the book “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson · A classic pirate adventure of stolen gold and dangerous company

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde · A Gothic classic of beauty, pleasure and conscience

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson · A Gothic classic of secrecy and suspicion

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ by L. Frank Baum

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum · A classic fairy-tale adventure for the whole family

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Jules Verne · A classic adventure of steamships, railways and a costly wager

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition · English translation by George Makepeace Towle (1874)

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells · Time travel, dystopia and Victorian adventure

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Arthur Conan Doyle · A Gothic classic of detective fiction

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift

    Gulliver’s Travels

    Jonathan Swift · A classic of satire and fantastic voyages

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Persuasion’ by Jane Austen

    Persuasion

    Jane Austen · An English classic of love and judgement

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen

    Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen · A classic romance with a taste for Gothic mischief

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Scarlet Letter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne · An American classic of guilt and public shame

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Turn of the Screw’ by Henry James

    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James · A classic ghost story of uncertain testimony

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ by Stephen Crane

    The Red Badge of Courage

    Stephen Crane · A young recruit’s doubts at the heart of an American war classic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin

    The Awakening

    Kate Chopin · A feminist classic of desire, art and the search for freedom

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Three Men in a Boat’ by Jerome K. Jerome

    Three Men in a Boat

    Jerome K. Jerome · A British comic classic afloat on the Thames

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “Silas Marner” by George Eliot

    Silas Marner

    George Eliot · A Victorian classic about becoming a father

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Agnes Grey’ by Anne Brontë

    Agnes Grey

    Anne Brontë · A young governess’s coming-of-age romance

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Phantastes’ by George MacDonald

    Phantastes

    George MacDonald · A Victorian classic of literary fantasy

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Haunted Hotel’ by Wilkie Collins

    The Haunted Hotel

    Wilkie Collins · A Victorian classic of Gothic mystery

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ by L. M. Montgomery

    Anne of Green Gables

    L. M. Montgomery · A children’s classic about imagination, family and growing up

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Blue Castle’ by L. M. Montgomery

    The Blue Castle

    L. M. Montgomery · A Canadian classic of love and independence

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The War of the Worlds’ by H. G. Wells

    The War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells · Alien invasion through civilian eyes

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Call of the Wild’ by Jack London

    The Call of the Wild

    Jack London · A classic adventure of survival and instinct

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald · Money, class and longing in an American classic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Ethan Frome’ by Edith Wharton

    Ethan Frome

    Edith Wharton · A short American classic of love and marital duty

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Grahame

    The Wind in the Willows

    Kenneth Grahame · A children’s classic of riverside friendship and adventure

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Thirty-Nine Steps’ by John Buchan

    The Thirty-Nine Steps

    John Buchan · A short classic of danger and pursuit

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Railway Children’ by E. Nesbit

    The Railway Children

    E. Nesbit · A children’s classic of family life and railway adventure

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Pollyanna’ by Eleanor H. Porter

    Pollyanna

    Eleanor H. Porter · A family classic for readers aged 8–12

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ by Anthony Hope

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    Anthony Hope · A swashbuckling classic of divided loyalties

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘A Little Princess’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett

    A Little Princess

    Frances Hodgson Burnett · A children’s classic about friendship and make-believe

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Valley of Fear’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

    The Valley of Fear

    Arthur Conan Doyle · A Sherlock Holmes mystery of clues and hidden histories

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Frances Hodgson Burnett · A children's classic about kindness and privilege

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’ by G. K. Chesterton

    The Man Who Was Thursday

    G. K. Chesterton · A classic mystery of conspiracy and comic suspense

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “Five Children and It” by E. Nesbit

    Five Children and It

    E. Nesbit · Family adventures with a troublesome touch of magic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Black Beauty’ by Anna Sewell

    Black Beauty

    Anna Sewell · A children's classic told by a working horse

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Washington Square’ by Henry James

    Washington Square

    Henry James · A literary classic of love, inheritance and family authority

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’ by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin · A children’s classic of growing up, school and family life

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “The Marvelous Land of Oz” by L. Frank Baum

    The Marvelous Land of Oz

    L. Frank Baum · A classic Oz adventure to read aloud together

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Lady Susan’ by Jane Austen

    Lady Susan

    Jane Austen · A classic novella of courtship and family friction

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘The Princess and the Goblin’ by George MacDonald

    The Princess and the Goblin

    George MacDonald · A classic fairy-tale adventure for ages 8–12

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The House on the Borderland’ by William Hope Hodgson

    The House on the Borderland

    William Hope Hodgson · A classic of Gothic terror and cosmic horror

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Black Arrow’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Black Arrow

    Robert Louis Stevenson · Historical adventure in medieval England

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘The Age of Innocence’ by Edith Wharton

    The Age of Innocence

    Edith Wharton · An American classic of marriage, desire and social convention

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    $7.31 – $32.20

    Edition
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