Browse Literature

Literature — Editor’s Selection

  • Featured
The snow man — Edition Insights Authors: Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959
In World E...
  • Featured
Woodcock's Little Game: A Comedy... Authors: Morton, John Maddison, 18...
In A Guide...
  • Featured
Plays, written by Sir John Vanbr... Authors: Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726
In Lives, ...
  • Featured
A Duel in the Dark: An Original ... Authors: Coyne, J. Stirling (Josep...
In A Guide...
  • Featured
Retained for the Defence: A Farc... Authors: Oxenford, John, 1812-1877
In A Guide...
  • Featured
The Heiress; a comedy, in five a... Authors: Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821...
In A Guide...
  • Featured
Venice Preserved: A Tragedy in F... Authors: Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685,...
In A Guide...
  • Featured
The Land of Heart's Desire — A C... Authors: Yeats, W. B. (William But...
In World E...

Reader Starting Points

The Saint's Tragedy — Text and C... Authors: Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
In A Guide...
Plays, written by Sir John Vanbr... Authors: Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726
In World E...
The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip ... Authors: Farquhar, George, 1677?-1...
In World E...
Beggars Bush: A Comedy From the ... Authors: Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1...
In World E...
The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marr... Authors: Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685
In Lives, ...
Three Lancashire Plays: The Game... Authors: Brighouse, Harold, 1882-1958
In Lives, ...
A Trip to Scarborough; and, The ... Authors: Sheridan, Richard Brinsle...
In A Guide...
Faust: A Tragedy — Key Ideas to ... Authors: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v...
In Lives, ...

Newly Catalogued by AARFI

Ludus Coventriæ — A Reader’s Guide Authors: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O...
In A Guide...
Tragedies of sex — Background an... Authors: Wedekind, Frank, 1864-191...
In A Guide...
Lively plays for live people — S... Authors: Denison, Thomas S. (Thoma...
In A Guide...
At Hotel On-de-Blink — Reading N... Authors: Seiler, George P.
In A Guide...
Nazareth: a morality in one act ... Authors: Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959
In A Guide...
The Chinese theater — A Reader’s... Authors: Zucker, A. E. (Adolf Edua...
In A Guide...
The Old Miracle Plays of England... Authors: Syrett, Netta, 1865-1943,...
In World E...
Please pass the cream: A comedy ... Authors: Holmes, Charles Nevers
In Lives, ...

Explore Literature by Theme

AARFI 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.

About AARFI

This collection brings together 98 dramatic works spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, featuring comedies, tragedies, and political plays. Authors include Arthur Wing Pinero, John Maddison Morton, John Fletcher, William Dean Howells, Francis Beaumont, George Farquhar, Thomas Otway, and Mrs. Inchbald. Titles range from dramatizations of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories to plays by Sir John Vanbrugh and three Lancashire plays.

Categories cover Adventure & Picaresque Fiction, Fantasy & Juvenile Worlds, Science Fiction & Utopias, Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction. Frequent subjects include English drama from the 18th and 19th centuries, Restoration drama, American drama, German drama in translation, and comedy plays. This curated selection offers a rich resource for students and enthusiasts of theatrical history.

Library Pages

Browse Themes

Catalogue organization and original editorial material © 2026 AARFI Public Domain Literature Library. Source texts retain their respective rights status.