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 Perfume of Eros (1905)
Two intertwined love triangles are thrown into turmoil when a body is found on a bench in Gramercy Park, New York.

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

Short Fiction (1888–1919)
A collection of short stories and novellas. Includes many stories in ebook form for the first time, like “The Impostor” (1918)

Romain Rolland

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