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Exploration
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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JEOAL Classic Adventure Library – 100 Public-Domain Adventure Books
This digital library assembles 100 public-domain books by 117 authors, organized into four thematic categories: Exploration, Survival, Voyages, and Classic Adventures. The collection spans narratives of geographic discovery, maritime life, journeys into the unknown, and stories centered on love, family, and society. Rather than a single genre, the mix reflects overlapping concerns: how people navigate physical landscapes, endure hardship, and navigate social bonds. Readers can enter through any category—whether interested in sea tales, overland expeditions, or domestic dramas—and move between them to trace shared motifs. The catalogue records source attribution and metadata to support browsing and discovery of these historical works.
100 public-domain works117 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Survival
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Voyages
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Classic Adventures
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
Adventure — Editor’s Selection
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One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Classic Adventures
Tarzan, lord of the jungle — Con...
Authored by Authors: Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 18..., 'Tarzan, lord of the jungle — Con...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Classic Adventures category. Burroughs's prose in this 1928 Tarzan novel pairs the ape-man's physical prowess with a narrator who moralizes about human cruelty. Dialogue and description reveal tensions between Arab, African, and European characters, while the jungle itself is rendered through sensory detail and animal perspectives. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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Tour of the Zero Club — A Closer...
In Classic...
Prize of the air — A Closer Reading
In Classic...
The further adventures of Zorro ...
In Classic...
Direct methods — A Closer Reading
In Classic...
Tarzan and the city of gold — Th...
In Classic...
Richard Richard — Reading Companion
In Voyages
Tarzan the invincible — Edition ...
In Classic...
Robinson Crusoe — Context and Di...
In Survival
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Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with ExplorationOpen a focused route to works connected with Exploration.Explore SurvivalCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Survival.Read through VoyagesMove from introductory records to related works in Voyages.Browse Classic AdventuresUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Classic Adventures.
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JEOAL Catalogue manages the overall structure of the JEOAL library, which contains 100 books by 117 authors across 4 categories, and ensures the accuracy of these collections.
