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Hey Lemmy, what are some good public domain books? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I tend to like the volunteer-read audiobooks on librivox and recently was curious about their Sherlock Holmes books (never read or listened to before), but I'm wondering what else is out there and popular in the community.

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[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Allan Quatermain reads like an indiana jones book written in the 19th century.

I also second everything written by Dumas and Verne.