📚 Literary Masterpieces - Free Books
William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Complete works including Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and all 154 sonnets.
Charles Dickens
1812-1870
Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit, and more.
Jane Austen
1775-1817
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion.
Mark Twain
1835-1910
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi.
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat, Annabel Lee.
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859-1930
Sherlock Holmes series, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four.
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1894
Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, De Profundis, Salomé.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804-1864
The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse.
Brontë Sisters
1816-1855
Jane Eyre (Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily), Agnes Grey (Anne), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Homer
c. 8th century BC
The Iliad, The Odyssey - Ancient Greek epic poems that shaped Western literature.
Dante Alighieri
1265-1321
The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso), La Vita Nuova, Convivio.
Miguel de Cervantes
1547-1616
Don Quixote, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha - The first modern novel.
Voltaire
1694-1778
Candide, Zadig, Micromégas, Philosophical Dictionary, Letters on the English.
🎵 Classical Music Masterpieces
Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
Brandenburg Concertos, Well-Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, St. Matthew Passion, Mass in B Minor.
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770-1827
All 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, Moonlight Sonata, Für Elise, Fidelio opera.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756-1791
41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Requiem.
Antonio Vivaldi
1678-1741
The Four Seasons, Gloria, Stabat Mater, over 500 concertos for various instruments.
George Frideric Handel
1685-1759
Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo.
Joseph Haydn
1732-1809
104 symphonies, The Creation, The Seasons, String Quartets, Piano Sonatas.
Frédéric Chopin
1810-1849
Piano works: Nocturnes, Études, Preludes, Waltzes, Mazurkas, Polonaises.
Franz Schubert
1797-1828
Symphonies, String Quartets, Piano Sonatas, Lieder, The Trout Quintet.
Johannes Brahms
1833-1897
Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto, German Requiem, Hungarian Dances.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840-1893
Symphonies, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Piano Concerto No. 1, 1812 Overture.
Claude Debussy
1862-1918
Clair de Lune, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, La Mer, Children's Corner.
Igor Stravinsky
1882-1971
The Rite of Spring, Firebird, Petrushka, Symphony of Psalms (early works).
George Gershwin
1898-1937
Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess, Piano Preludes.
Scott Joplin
1867-1917
Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, Weeping Willow, Pine Apple Rag - King of Ragtime.
Traditional Folk Music
Various Cultures
Folk songs, hymns, spirituals, and traditional music from around the world.
🎨 Artistic Masterpieces
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, Ginevra de' Benci.
Vincent van Gogh
1853-1890
Starry Night, Sunflowers, The Bedroom, Wheatfield with Crows, Café Terrace at Night.
Claude Monet
1840-1926
Water Lilies series, Impression Sunrise, Rouen Cathedral series, Haystacks, Poplars.
Pablo Picasso (Early Works)
1881-1973
Blue Period and Rose Period works, early portraits and landscapes before 1923.
Salvador Dalí (Early Works)
1904-1989
Early surrealist works, portraits, and landscapes from before 1923.
Grant Wood
1891-1942
American Gothic, Death on the Ridge Road, Parson Weems' Fable, Victorian Survival.
Edward Hopper
1882-1967
Nighthawks, Automat, Morning Sun, Chop Suey, Lighthouse Hill.
Georgia O'Keeffe
1887-1986
Early American modernism works, flower paintings, desert landscapes.
Alphonse Mucha
1860-1939
Art Nouveau posters, Zodiac designs, Seasons series, Slav Epic illustrations.
Aubrey Beardsley
1872-1898
Art Deco illustrations, Salome drawings, Morte d'Arthur illustrations, Yellow Book covers.
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669
The Night Watch, Self-Portraits, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, The Return of the Prodigal Son.
Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675
Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid, View of Delft, Woman Holding a Balance.
Caravaggio
1571-1610
The Calling of St. Matthew, Bacchus, Judith Beheading Holofernes, The Supper at Emmaus.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564
David, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, The Last Judgment, Pietà, Moses.
Raphael
1483-1520
The School of Athens, Sistine Madonna, Transfiguration, Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione.
Sandro Botticelli
1445-1510
The Birth of Venus, Primavera, Madonna of the Magnificat, Adoration of the Magi.
El Greco
1541-1614
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, The Disrobing of Christ.
Francisco Goya
1746-1828
The Third of May 1808, Saturn Devouring His Son, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.
J.M.W. Turner
1775-1851
The Fighting Temeraire, Rain, Steam and Speed, The Slave Ship, Snow Storm.
John Constable
1776-1837
The Hay Wain, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, Dedham Vale, Boat-Building.
Paul Cézanne
1839-1906
The Card Players, Mont Sainte-Victoire, Still Life with Apples, Bathers.
Edgar Degas
1834-1917
The Dance Class, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Absinthe, The Tub.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841-1919
Luncheon of the Boating Party, Bal du moulin de la Galette, Girl with a Fan.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864-1901
At the Moulin Rouge, La Goulue Arriving at the Moulin Rouge, Jane Avril Dancing.
🎬 Classic Public Domain Films
Charlie Chaplin
1889-1977
The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940).
Buster Keaton
1895-1966
The General (1926), Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), Sherlock Jr. (1924), Our Hospitality (1923).
D.W. Griffith
1875-1948
Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920).
Fritz Lang
1890-1976
Metropolis (1927), M (1931), Dr. Mabuse films, early German expressionist works.
F.W. Murnau
1888-1931
Nosferatu (1922), Sunrise (1927), Faust (1926), The Last Laugh (1924).
Sergei Eisenstein
1898-1948
Battleship Potemkin (1925), October (1928), Alexander Nevsky (1938), early Soviet films.
King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
The original monster movie featuring Fay Wray, groundbreaking special effects, stop-motion animation.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Victor Fleming
Judy Garland, "Over the Rainbow," ruby slippers, Munchkinland, classic American musical fantasy.
Alfred Hitchcock (Early Works)
1899-1980
The 39 Steps (1935), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Rebecca (1940), Suspicion (1941).
Walt Disney Animated Shorts
1901-1966
Steamboat Willie (1928), Snow White (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940).
Universal Monster Movies
1930s Horror Classics
Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933).
Film Noir Classics
1940s Detective Thrillers
Double Indemnity (1944), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), Laura (1944).
Classic Westerns
American Frontier Films
Stagecoach (1939), High Noon (1952), The Searchers (1956), Shane (1953).
Golden Age Musicals
1940s-1950s Hollywood
Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1951), The Band Wagon (1953).
Early Animation
Pioneering Animators
Felix the Cat cartoons, early Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Betty Boop, and classic shorts.
2025 Public Domain Films
1941-1950 Releases
Citizen Kane (1941), Casablanca (1942), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), The Third Man (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Educational & Documentary
Government & Educational Films
Why We Fight series, March of Time newsreels, educational shorts, government documentaries.
💻 Public Domain Software & Tools
Internet Archive Software Library
Thousands of Programs
Vintage software, classic operating systems, retro computing tools, and historical applications.
Public Domain Video Games
Retro Gaming Collection
Classic arcade games, early PC games, and retro gaming software from the 1980s and 1990s.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
Free & Open Source
Professional photo editing and image manipulation software, alternative to Photoshop.
LibreOffice
Free Office Suite
Complete office productivity suite with word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
VLC Media Player
Free Media Player
Universal media player that plays virtually any video or audio format without additional codecs.
Audacity
Free Audio Editor
Professional audio recording and editing software for music production and podcasting.
7-Zip
Free File Archiver
High compression file archiver with support for multiple formats including 7z, ZIP, RAR.
Notepad++
Free Code Editor
Powerful source code editor with syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages.
Mozilla Firefox
Free Web Browser
Fast, private, and secure web browser with extensive customization and privacy features.
Mozilla Thunderbird
Free Email Client
Powerful email client with advanced features for managing multiple email accounts.
Blender
Free 3D Creation Suite
Professional 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing software.
Inkscape
Free Vector Graphics Editor
Professional vector graphics editor for creating illustrations, logos, and scalable graphics.
Oracle VirtualBox
Free Virtualization
Run multiple operating systems as virtual machines on your computer.
FileZilla
Free FTP Client
Fast and reliable FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client for transferring files.
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🌟 Why Public Domain Matters
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⚖️ Creative Commons & Licensing
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