Index
Sitemap
A complete human-readable index of every page on the site, 0 works, every essay, every reference page, in one place. The machine-readable version is at /sitemap.xml.
Start here
If you've never read Paine before, these three pages set the stage.
The Conway Edition
The complete works in four volumes, every way to browse the canon.
- All Works (the complete index) 177 works · search + filters /works/
- Start Here Five works to read first, in order /start-here/
- Editor's Spotlight Six landmark works, hand-picked /works/featured/
- Reading Plans Themed itineraries through the canon /reading-plans/
- A–Z Index Encyclopedia-style alphabetical list /works/a-z/
- Concept Index Back-of-book index by theme /works/concepts/
- Output by Year Year-by-year distribution chart /works/by-year/
- By Decade Every work grouped by decade /works/by-decade/
- By Category Lectures, essays, debates, and more /works/by-category/
- Longest Works Top 25 by word count /works/longest/
- Shortest Works Quickest entry points to the canon /works/shortest/
- Random Work A random piece, on demand /works/random/
- Topic Map Interactive D3 graph of topics + works /works/topic-map/
- Concept Graph Chord diagram of concept-category co-occurrence /concept-graph/
- Topics index Eleven cross-cutting themes /topics/
- Archive (by year) Every work and post by year /archives/
- Editor's Introduction Modern editorial framing of the Conway Edition /works/conway-introduction/
- Publisher's Preface G. P. Putnam's Sons's 1900 preface /works/preface/
His life & circle
The man, his contemporaries, his image, and his voice.
- This Day Calendar of his life by month and day /this-day/
- Connections Twelve close contemporaries /connections/
- Family Tree Parents, wife, daughters /family-tree/
- Influences Paine, Voltaire, Hume, the lineage he claimed /influences/
- Legacy What survived after 1899 /legacy/
- Lecture Tour Three decades on the lyceum circuit /lecture-tour/
- Debates His published exchanges with clergy and statesmen /debates/
- Gallery Photographs and portraits /gallery/
- Videos Documentaries and readings /videos/
- Quotes His most enduring lines /quotes/
Reference
Tools for reading widely, research aids, search, glossary, FAQ.
Your reader
Personal reading tools. Everything is stored locally, no account, no server.
About the project
Why this site exists, how it's built, and how to help.
- About The mission and the editor /about/
- Features What the archive offers /features/
- Colophon Type, source texts, transcription policy /colophon/
- Citations How to cite, MLA, APA, Chicago /citations/
- Editorial Standards How I edit and source /ethics/
- Style Guide Visual + editorial conventions /style-guide/
- Tech Stack How the site is built, for the technically curious /tech-stack/
- Contribute Transcribe a work or write an essay /submit/
- Contributors Everyone who has helped, and the credit policy /contributors/
- For Researchers Machine-readable surfaces, citation guide, bulk access /research/
- For the Classroom Lesson plans, discussion questions, fair-use guidance /classroom/
- Manuscript Watch Library, archive, and museum holdings of the Conway Edition /manuscripts/
- Changelog What's new /changelog/
- Contact Get in touch /contact/
Legal & utility
Boilerplate pages and small-print.
Feeds & files
Machine-readable endpoints, RSS for readers, XML for crawlers, plain-text for the curious.
- RSS, main feed New essays + works /feed.xml
- RSS, works only Just newly-published works /works/feed.xml
- XML sitemap For search engines /sitemap.xml
- Works API (JSON) Machine-readable index of every work /api/works.json
- Downloads manifest Per-work .txt / .json / .bib export index /api/downloads.json
- Glossary feed Term + definition feed (powers in-text tooltips) /api/glossary.json
- Concordance feed Per-work named-entity cross-references summary /api/concordance.json
- This Day RSS Atom feed of every dated event from Paine's life /this-day/feed.xml
- This Day JSON Feed JSON Feed mirror of /this-day/feed.xml /api/this-day.json
- Concept-graph data Nodes + edges feeding /concept-graph/ /api/concept-graph.json
- Concept-graph SVG Server-rendered concept chord diagram /api/concept-graph.svg
- Work-history manifest Per-work transcription Git changelog /api/work-history.json
- OAI-PMH Identify Repository identifier for library harvesters /api/oai-pmh/identify.xml
- OAI-PMH ListRecords Dublin Core records for every work /api/oai-pmh/list-records.xml
- robots.txt Crawler directives /robots.txt
- humans.txt Credits + colophon /humans.txt
- security.txt Vulnerability disclosure /.well-known/security.txt
The 4 volumes
One landing page per volume. Each volume's RSS feed lists its individual works.
All topics
Eleven cross-cutting themes. Each topic page collects every work where that theme is central.
- Independence & Revolution 0 works · *Common Sense*, the *American Crisis* papers, and the writings that argued the… /topics/independence/
- Monarchy vs Republic 0 works · Paine's case against hereditary government and for representative republics, in… /topics/monarchy-vs-republic/
- Rights & Citizenship 0 works · Natural rights, civil rights, the franchise, and the relation between the… /topics/rights-and-citizenship/
- Religion & Reason 0 works · *The Age of Reason*, the late deistic writings, and the case for one universal… /topics/religion-and-reason/
- Property & Justice 0 works · *Agrarian Justice* and the writings on land, inheritance, taxation, and the… /topics/property-and-justice/
- Finance & Banking 0 works · The Bank of North America writings, the wartime financing pamphlets, and *The… /topics/finance-and-banking/
- Slavery & Abolition 0 works · *African Slavery in America* (1775), the Pennsylvania Abolition Act preamble… /topics/slavery-and-abolition/
- France & the French Revolution 0 works · Paine in the National Convention, the constitutional commission, the… /topics/france-and-the-revolution/
- Burke & the Debate 0 works · The Burke-Paine exchange of 1790-92 -- *Reflections on the Revolution in… /topics/burke-and-the-debate/
- Letters & Replies 0 works · Open letters, public correspondence, replies to clergymen and statesmen -- the… /topics/letters-and-replies/
- Science & Invention 0 works · Paine the engineer -- the iron-arch bridge, the smokeless candle, the planing… /topics/science-and-invention/
- Later American Writings 0 works · The eight *Letters to the Citizens of the United States* (1802-03) and the late… /topics/later-american-writings/
Every work (0)
All 177 works in the Conway Edition, grouped by volume. Click a volume heading to collapse its list.
Volume I, Early American Writings
Volume II, Later American Writings
Volume III, Rights of Man
Volume IV, Religious Writings
This index is generated at build time, so every page listed is actually published. If something seems missing, tell me.