List of public domain works with multimedia adaptations

Following is a list of public domain works with multimedia adaptations. This lists includes works for which installments exist in multiple forms of media, such as books, comic books, films, television series, and video games. Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements, with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings. With respect to public domain works, however, adaptations or extensions of the original work may be done without the permission of the author.
To qualify for purposes of this list, the original media must have originated from the work of an identifiable author or set of co-authors, and must have been adapted into works in at least three forms of media, and must have two or more separate works in at least two of those forms of media. For example, a novel that spawned one film and one television series would not qualify; a series of novels made into a television series that had a spin-off series, or was remade as a new series, and which also spawned one film, does qualify.
All of these works arise in literature, because there are far fewer works in any other media in the public domain. Although many historical figures and historical events have been portrayed in multiple media, with fictionalized elements, these people and events are not themselves "works", and therefore do not fall within the scope of this list.

Table

Note: This list excludes myth legends and fairy tales with no known author. Also, note that the works of the original author might be fully or partly in the public domain.

Subject	Original literary work	Comic books	Animated films	Live action films	Animated TV series	Live action TV series	Video games	Other media
Alice in Wonderland	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland numerous adaptations and sequels	various	several, most famously the 1951 Disney adaptation	several	several	several	several	–
Anne Shirley	Anne of Green Gables' Anne of Avonlea	no	no	Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables	Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)	Anne of Green Gables (miniseries)	no	Anne with an E Anne of Green Gables: The Musical
Allan Quatermain	King Solomon's Mines numerous sequels	Classics Illustrated #97 Allan and the Sundered Veil	yes	various	no	yes	no	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Devil's Dust
Barsoom	Under the Moons of Mars ; A Princess of Mars ; numerous sequels	several	no	Princess of Mars ; John Carter	no	no	no	-
Black Beauty	Black Beauty	Classics Illustrated #60	Black Beauty (1978 film)	Black Beauty (1971 film), Black Beauty (1994 film)	Black Beauty, Black Beauty (1987 film)	The Adventures of Black Beauty	no	Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan
A Christmas Carol	A Christmas Carol	several	several	several	several	several	several	several
Count Dracula	Dracula Makt Myrkranna Powers of Darkness	various	yes	numerous	yes	yes	yes	Role-playing games; character and settings have been adopted into many other media/franchises
Five Children and It	Five Children and It	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Frankenstein's monster	Frankenstein	various	yes	numerous	yes	yes	yes	Role-playing games; character and settings have been adopted into many other media/franchises
Gulliver's Travels	Gulliver's Travels Voyage to Faremido	Classic Comics #16	Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon	The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)	The Adventures of Gulliver Saban's Gulliver's Travels	Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)	no	Brian Gulliver's Travels and various
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame	The Hunchback of Notre-Dame	various	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film)	The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966 TV series) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film)	Hunchback (video game)	various
Journey to the Center of the Earth	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Classic Comics #138	no	Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 film)	Journey to the Center of the Earth (TV series)	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 TV film)	A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1984 video game) in 1989 by Topo Soft for the ZX Spectrum and in 2003 by Frogwares.	Journey to the Center of the Earth (attraction) and several radioplays
The Jungle Book	The Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book	yes	most notably The Jungle Book	several	Adventures of Mowgli	no	The Jungle Book	Radio show, stage plays
Peter Pan	The Little White Bird Peter and Wendy numerous adaptations	various	Walt Disney's Peter Pan ; various others	various	Peter Pan and the Pirates ; various others	no	several	Peter Pan's Flight ; various stage plays
Peter Rabbit	The Tale of Peter Rabbit and several sequels	no	Peter Rabbit and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	The Tales of Beatrix Potter ; Peter Rabbit and Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends ''Peter Rabbit	no	The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny in 1995 and Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit's Math Garden in 1996.	Miss Potter ; HBO Storybook Musicals and in 2012 Quantum Theatre produced a new stage adaptation of the tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny. Written by Michael Whitmore the play toured the UK until 2015.
Sexton Blake	The Missing Millionaire	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no	Sexton Blake#Stage Sexton Blake#Radio
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo	A Menina do Narizinho Arrebitado As Reinações de Narizinho several sequels	yes	no	O Saci O Picapau Amarelo	Sítio do Picapau Amarelo	several	yes	-
Sherlock Holmes	four novels and 56 short stories, beginning in 1887	various	no	numerous	Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century	various	several	–
Tarzan	Tarzan of the Apes twenty-three other books by Edgar Rice Burroughs; various adaptations by other authors	Tarzan (comics)	several	numerous	Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle various others	Tarzan various others	several	Stage productions, radio programs, and other media.
The Three Musketeers	The Three Musketeers	Classics Illustrated #1	several	several	several	several	several	several
Tom Brown's School Days	Tom Brown's School Days Tom Brown at Oxford	Classics Illustrated #45	no	several	several	no	no	Stage productions, radio programs, The Flashman Papers George MacDonald Fraser
Tom Sawyer	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer several other books	Classics Illustrated #50 and several others	several	several	several	several	no	several
Treasure Island	Treasure Island	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	Stage
The War of the Worlds	The War of the Worlds and various sequels	various adaptations	no	The War of the Worlds War of the Worlds and various others	no	War of the Worlds	various	The War of the Worlds radio serial Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds and many others
The Wind in the Willows	The Wind in the Willows	Papercutz #1	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad several others	The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)	The Wind in the Willows (TV series)	The Wind in the Willows (2006 film)	The Wind in the Willows Leisureland	Toad of Toad Hall Wind in the Willows (musical)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	several	several	several, including The Wizard of Oz	several	several	several	several
Winnie-the-Pooh	When We Were Very Young Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner Featured in two others	no	various	Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Outside of these films, not primarily. A bit of live-action was used in some of the animated films.	various	yes	various	Consisted of audio stories, specials, songs and theme rides, etc. See also the Disney franchise.
Wuthering Heights	Wuthering Heights	Classics Illustrated #59''	several	several	several	several	no	several