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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

    £3.85 – £16.97

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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 logic comes unstuck

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens · A Victorian classic of ghosts and conscience

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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  • Cover of the book ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson · A classic tale of pirates and stolen gold

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 novel of beauty, pleasure and conscience

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘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

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum · A classic fairy-tale adventure for children and families

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 travel adventure by rail and steamer

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

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 classic mystery with a gothic chill

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Gulliver’s Travels

    Jonathan Swift · Classic satire and voyages into the fantastic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Persuasion

    Jane Austen · A classic English romance of love and second chances

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen · Courtship, Gothic fancies and the comedy of growing up

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne · An American classic of private guilt and public judgement

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James · A ghost story with no easy answers

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Red Badge of Courage

    Stephen Crane · An American war classic seen through a recruit’s doubts

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Awakening

    Kate Chopin · A feminist classic of marriage and female desire

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Three Men in a Boat

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

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book ‘Silas Marner’ by George Eliot

    Silas Marner

    George Eliot · A Victorian classic of fatherhood and village life

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Agnes Grey’ by Anne Brontë

    Agnes Grey

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

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Haunted Hotel

    Wilkie Collins · A Victorian classic of supernatural suspense

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 of imagination and belonging

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘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

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells · A classic of alien invasion and the struggle to survive

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Call of the Wild

    Jack London · An animal adventure classic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald · An American classic of money, class and longing

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Ethan Frome’ by Edith Wharton

    Ethan Frome

    Edith Wharton · Forbidden love and marital duty in an American classic

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 countryside classic of animal friendship and adventure

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 pursuit and espionage

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Railway Children

    E. Nesbit · A children's classic of family life and railway adventures

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of the book “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter

    Pollyanna

    Eleanor H. Porter · Classic family fiction for ages 8–12

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    Anthony Hope · Swordplay, royal intrigue and romance

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    A Little Princess

    Frances Hodgson Burnett · A classic boarding-school story of friendship and imagination

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Valley of Fear

    Arthur Conan Doyle · A Sherlock Holmes classic of secrets and deduction

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

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

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 with a taste for the absurd

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘Five Children and It’ by E. Nesbit

    Five Children and It

    E. Nesbit · A children's classic of magic and family muddles

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    Washington Square

    Henry James · A literary classic of love and family power

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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 farm girl's coming of age

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘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

    £3.85 – £16.97

    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

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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  • Cover of ‘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

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The House on the Borderland

    William Hope Hodgson · Gothic terror on a cosmic scale

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Black Arrow

    Robert Louis Stevenson · A medieval adventure of divided loyalties

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

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

    The Age of Innocence

    Edith Wharton · An American classic of marriage, manners and desire

    Public-domain classic · New NovelSpell edition

    £3.85 – £16.97

    Edition
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