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Public domain/Cinematic reading library

Novels with
icy hush.

Isfade curates one hundred public-domain classics in a midnight-blue reading room — original guides, verified covers, and free HTML chapter reading sourced from Project Gutenberg.

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Around the World in Eighty Days

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

The Phantom Rickshaw

Midnight pick

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

This literary classics selection suits one sitting and a long exhale afterward. A recommendation we would make again months from now.…

New shelf

Literary Discoveries

Fifty fresh titles — King in Yellow, Borderland, and cult public-domain finds.

The Touchstone

Literary Fiction4.2

The Touchstone

Edith Wharton · 1900

Moderate · 290 pp.

The Scarlet Letter

Literary Classics4.2

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850

Moderate · 282 pp.

The Gift of the Magi

Literary Classics4.0

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry · 1905

Moderate · 184 pp.

Cold dread

Atmospheric Horror

Machen, Blackwood, and Hodgson — horror that gathers like fog.

Hidden motive

Mystery Collections

Sherlock, Poe, and puzzles with emotional stakes beneath every clue.

Orbital light

Sci‑Fi Classics

Burroughs, Wells, Verne — speculative nerve in clean HTML chapters.

Diegun shelf

Gothic Heritage

Dracula, Carmilla, and the founding fifty — enduring public-domain shadows.

Desk selection

Editor Picks

One hundred titles the Isfade desk would shelve for a midnight read.