NetFable

Free public-domain classics, read as interactive fiction

22 September 2026

Everything below is public domain — the author has been dead long enough that no one owns the text anymore, which is also why every one of these keeps getting reprinted, retold and adapted. NetFable's versions keep the plot and the actual dialogue, and turn the reading experience into a conversation with the choices the story was always about: whether to trust the count's letter, what to tell the inspector, what to say when the ship's captain finally asks. Every one below is free, with no account and no unlocks.

Gothic & supernatural

Dracula - Season One, Carmilla, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White, The Turn of the Screw, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Lodger.

Mystery & detection

A Scandal in Bohemia, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Adventure

Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Riddle of the Sands, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Romance & society

Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, North and South, Lady Susan, Anne of Green Gables, The Blue Castle, and Mary Barton.

Comedy

The Diary of a Nobody and The Inimitable Jeeves.

Literary drama

The Great Gatsby, The Awakening, and The Conjure Woman.

New adaptations get added as they're finished — browse the full catalogue to see the current lineup.