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NOKIV 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 digital library brings together 98 short stories spanning adventure, picaresque fiction, fantasy, juvenile worlds, science fiction, utopias, historical fiction, and psychological and social fiction. The collection includes works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bret Harte, Jack London, O. Henry, Robert E. Howard, and others, with titles such as The Young Mountaineers, Silas X. Floyd's Short Stories for Colored People, O. Henryana, Tales of the Fish Patrol, and The Path of Duty.

Subjects covered include American short stories from the 19th and 20th centuries, Western stories, man-woman relationships, historical fiction, humorous stories, and New England social life. The collection also features bibliographies and indexes of 20th-century short stories, edited by Edward J. O'Brien and illustrated by Hugh Rankin.

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