About 37 minutes
Where Love is There God is Also — Context and Discussion
Technology Airships Imagined Futures
8,298 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #38616
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The Factory Boy — Text and Context
Young Readers Enchanted Adventures
10,561 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #43390About 61 minutes
The Good Wolf — Background and Themes
Young Readers Enchanted Adventures
13,805 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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her. She was over-dressed, and her face had been powdered and rouged as much as her mother’s was; her lips were scarlet as carmine could tinge them, and her hair was waved and dressed in the latest style for adults. As Mrs. Alexander had said, her daughter looked fully ten years older than she really was, because of her make-up. She glanced casually at Eleanor, without expressing any interest in her, and turned to her mother. “Oh, Ma! I’ve been looking for you everywhere! Pa says he _won’t_ com…
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| Book | Recorded words | Estimated minutes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where Love is There God is Also — Context and Discussion | 8,298 | 37 | Gutenberg #38616 |
| The Factory Boy — Text and Context | 10,561 | 46 | Gutenberg #43390 |
| The Good Wolf — Background and Themes | 13,805 | 61 | Gutenberg #42920 |
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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-25. Coverage: 95 public books, 95 available source excerpts.
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The IZREA Public Domain Literature Library brings together 95 classic texts in four themed categories, from enchanted adventures for young readers to tales of exploration, technology, and historical fiction. Each page offers a curated set of tools to help you explore the collection at your own pace.
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The IZREA Public Domain Literature Library holds 95 books across four categories, from Young Readers Enchanted Adventures to Technology Airships Imagined Futures. With such a range, the challenge is rarely a shortage of options—it is deciding which of the many promising titles deserves your next stretch of reading time. Three tools work together to help you make that decision and follow through: Book Finder, Compare Books, and Reading Tracker.
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Book Finder is the natural starting point because it lets you filter the catalog without losing sight of what makes each book distinct. For example, if you are drawn to historical naval fiction, you might select the Historical Psychological Social Fiction category and see Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War — Key Ideas to Explore, a 58,654-word novel about the Royal Navy in World War I. The tool's criteria—category, word-count length, estimated reading time, chapter rhythm, sentence flow, and subjects—help you articulate what you are in the mood for.
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Once you have a shortlist, Compare Books lets you examine two or three titles side by side. The tool shows word count, estimated reading time, text sections, sentence flow, chapter rhythm, subjects, and page information when available. These are descriptive metrics, not quality judgments. For instance, comparing a 30,815-word book like The Riverpark Rebellion — Inside the Classic with a 107,725-word one like Asmodeus; or, The Devil on Two Sticks — Context and Discussion reveals a difference of roughly 77,000 words—about 335 minutes of reading time at the catalog's median pace.
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