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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Public domain in the USRhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
Public domain in the USRhapsody in Blue, Whiteman recording
Paul Whiteman and George Gershwin
Public domain in the USWinnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
Public domain in the USSteamboat Willie
Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks
Public domain in the USThe Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Public domain in the USMetropolis
Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou
Public domain in the USPeter Pan
J. M. Barrie
Public domain in the USThe Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
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