Standard Ebooks productions

Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost.

Karl Gjellerup

• The Pilgrim Kamanita (1906)
  A merchant's son sets on a pilgrimage after a life of love, loss, business and pleasure, and unknowingly relates his tale to the Buddha.

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

• Germinie Lacerteux (1865)
  A French country girl from a poor family lives a hidden life of debauchery, while working as a maidservant in Paris.

Frances Noyes Hart

• The Bellamy Trial (1927)
  A man and a woman are on trial for the murder of his wife, her friend.

J-K. Huysmans

• Against the Grain (1884)
  Ailing, neurotic, and bored with the world, a French nobleman retreats to a secluded cottage in the countryside to create an artificial paradise for himself.

Octave Mirbeau

• Calvary (1886)
  A young writer’s ruinous affair leads him down a path of suffering, obsession, and finally redemption.

David Park Barnitz

• The Book of Jade (1901)
  A collection of decadent poetry by David Park Barnitz.

Edgar Saltus

• Mr. Incoul's Midadventure (1887)
  The honeymoon of a wealthy widower and a young woman takes an unsettling turn with the sudden reappearance of a former lover.

• The Truth About Tristrem Varick (1888)
  A righteous, idealistic young New Yorker falls for a singer and experiences the thorny sides of society and love.

• The Monster (1912)
  Fleeing a terrible truth, a woman remarries, but her first husband comes back for answers.

Romain Rolland

• Jean-Christophe (1904‒1912)
  A Belgian-German musician experiences love, loss, struggle, and success on his journey to becoming a famous composer.