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A Guide to World Events in Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
HOVUI Public Domain Literature: Exploration, Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Romance
The HOVUI Public Domain Literature Library offers a collection of 99 public-domain books by 74 authors. Organized into four categories—world events in context, fantasy realms and folklore, speculative futures (including early science fiction), and romance and domestic life—the library provides a diverse selection of classic texts for general readers.
99 public-domain works74 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
Explore by Theme
Move through the collection by subject, historical setting and type of source.
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Exploring Fantasy Realms & Folklore
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Speculative Futures
Works exploring technology, imagined futures, discovery and speculative changes in society and everyday life.
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Exploring Romance & Domestic Life
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Literature — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
The World Peril of 1910 — Readin...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
View catalogue recordNewly Catalogued by HOVUI
The trail of deception — Themes ...
In A Guide...
Jock's inheritance — Background ...
In Explori...
Russian essays and stories — Edi...
In Explori...
The seventh shot — Inside the Cl...
In A Guide...
Woodcliff — Reading Companion
In Explori...
The wooing of Rosamond Fayre — R...
In Explori...
The girls at his billet — Readin...
In Explori...
The tomb of Ts'in — Reading Notes
In A Guide...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with A Guide to World Events in ContextOpen a focused route to works connected with A Guide to World Events in Context.Explore Exploring Fantasy Realms & FolkloreCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Exploring Fantasy Realms & Folklore.Read through Speculative FuturesMove from introductory records to related works in Speculative Futures.Browse Exploring Romance & Domestic LifeUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Exploring Romance & Domestic Life.
Record framework
How This Catalogue Works
How records are presented and connected without altering the represented source texts.
Source connection
Link catalogue pages with the files and references currently available.
Metadata organization
Present visible title, author and edition information for easier discovery.
Collection grouping
Arrange works by recurring subjects, literary settings and historical questions.
Context layer
Describe relationships between records while preserving the wording of source texts.
About these records
Frequently Asked Questions
How the collection is organized, presented and corrected.
It generally means that the represented source text is no longer protected by copyright in the applicable jurisdiction or has been released for public use. Status may vary by country and edition.
A record may include the title, author, category, cover, description, edition information, source references and available reading or download options.
A category reflects a work’s principal subjects, literary setting, source type and relationship to nearby records in the collection.
The catalogue adds navigation, metadata and editorial context. The represented source text retains its wording, edition information and rights status.
Use the contact page and include the work title, page address and the exact attribution, category, metadata or source detail requiring attention.
Catalogue stewardship
F. Scott Conrad
Senior Catalogue Editor
Maintains catalogue records, records source attribution, organizes metadata, assigns categories, prepares editorial context, and reviews submitted corrections for the HOVUI collection.
