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* ''Literature/TheBeautifulAndDamned''
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* Myth/BrazilianFolklore
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* EighteenthCenturyLiterature
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* ''Literature/MrsDalloway''
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* ''Literature/RobRoy''
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* ''Literature/QuestForFire'': The original French version ''La Guerre du feu'' is public domain but the various English translations are not.
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* In the EU and UK, ''none'' of the series is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Under EU and UK law, works by an individual creator are under copyright for 70 years after the creator's death. Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer didn't die until 1959.[[/labelnote]]
* In Canada, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term prior to 2019 was life plus ''50'' years. The series thus entered the Canadian PD in 2010.[[/labelnote]]

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* In the EU EU, UK, Australia, and UK, Mexico, ''none'' of the series is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Under EU EU, UK, and UK Australian law, works by an individual creator are under copyright for 70 years after the creator's death.death. The term under Mexican law is ''100 years after death''. Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer didn't die until 1959.[[/labelnote]]
* In Canada, Canada and New Zealand, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term prior to 2019 was life plus ''50'' years. NZ still uses "life plus 50". The series thus entered the Canadian PD in both countries in 2010.[[/labelnote]]
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* The first 5 books of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.

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* The ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' – the first 5 five books of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.in the US; the entire series in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.



* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; the entire series in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.

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* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; the entire series same status as ''John Carter of Mars'' in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.other territories
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* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}} – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; the entire series in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.

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* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}} ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'' – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; the entire series in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.

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Tarzan is now fully PD in the EU and UK, but the trademark is another story.


A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1925. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.

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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1925.1926. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.



* In the EU, ''none'' of the series is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Under EU law, works by an individual creator are under copyright for 70 years after the creator's death. Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer didn't die until 1959.[[/labelnote]]
* In Canada, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term is life plus ''50'' years. The series thus entered the Canadian PD in 2010.[[/labelnote]]

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* In the EU, EU and UK, ''none'' of the series is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Under EU and UK law, works by an individual creator are under copyright for 70 years after the creator's death. Fu Manchu's creator Sax Rohmer didn't die until 1959.[[/labelnote]]
* In Canada, ''the entire series'' is PD.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Instead of life plus 70 years, Canada's copyright term is prior to 2019 was life plus ''50'' years. The series thus entered the Canadian PD in 2010.[[/labelnote]]



* The first 17 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, and additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including

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* The first 17 19 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, and additional 7 that failed to have their copyright renewed, including



* ''Literature/PeterPan'', though not in England, where a hospital earns perpetual royalties.

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* ''Literature/PeterPan'', though not in England, the UK, where a hospital earns perpetual royalties.


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* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}} – the first nine novels and first short story collection in the US; the entire series in the EU, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; but will remain under copyright in Mexico until ''2051''.
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It's officially public domain now :D

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* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''
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It’s going to be public domain in January, I just figured I would add it while I was thinking about it.

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** ''Literature/TheLostKingOfOz''
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* Literature/DomCasmurro
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* ''Literature/{{Flatland}}''


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* ''Literature/TheStoryOfValentineAndHisBrother''

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* Myth/KingArthur and anything related to the Holy Grail.
** Myth/{{Merlin}}
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Apparently his former landlady owns copyright to his work


* ''Literature/InTheRealmsOfTheUnreal'' - author Creator/HenryDarger never filed a copyright for the manuscripts when he was alive.
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* ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter''

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* ''The ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter''Cutter]]''
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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1924. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.

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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1924.1925. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.
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* ''Literature/InTheRealmsOfTheUnreal'' - author Creator/HenryDarger never filed a copyright for the manuscripts when he was alive.

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* The first 17 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, including

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** ''Literature/HandyMandyInOz''
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** ''Literature/TheMagicOfOz''
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* ''Literature/TheSeaFairies''
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** ''Literature/TheLostPrincessOfOz''

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* The first 16 books in the Literature/LandOfOz series, including

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** ''Literature/TheTinWoodmanOfOz''
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* ''Myth/JuanBobo''
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** ''Literature/RinkitinkInOz''
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Public Domain Day 2019: Works from 1923 are now public domain.


A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1923. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.

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A list of literature (stories, poems, novels, etc.) that are in the PublicDomain. In the USA, this includes any story first published before 1923.1924. A comprehensive list is impossible to make; [[http://www.gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg]] has over forty thousand in English alone.
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** ''Literature/TheScarecrowOfOz''
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** ''Literature/TikTokOfOz''
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** ''Literature/ThePatchworkGirlOfOz''

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