The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction
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"The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04". An enterprise such as THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS is to be judged from two different standpoints. It may be judged with respect to its specific achievement--the material of which it consists; or it may be judged with regard to its general utility in the scheme of literature to which it belongs. In an age which is sometimes ironically called "remarkable" for its commercialism, nothing has been more truly remarkable than the advancement in learning as well as in material progress; and of all the instruments that have contributed to this end, none has been more effective, perhaps, than the practical popularisation of literature. In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space. However, we are aware that even THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS will not escape the criticism of a small class of people who will profess to object to this, as to any kind of interference with an author's original--in reply to which it can only be said that such objections are seldom, if ever, made in the true interests of learning, or in a genuine spirit of inquiry, and too often only proceed from a knowledge of books or love of them which goes no deeper than their title-page. The selections in THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS have been collected, and are alphabetically arranged, in ten different divisions,--namely, Fiction, Lives and Letters, History, Religion, Philosophy, Economics, Science, Poetry and Drama, Travel and Adventure and Miscellaneous Literature. An important additional feature of the work is the brief, yet highly critical biographical and bibliographical note which accompanies every author and every selection throughout the twenty volumes. To this must be also added the not less important Introductories, and other explanations written by experts, which often accompany the selections in the text--cardinal examples of which will be found in particular in the section of Religion of this work, in the articles dealing with such subjects as the Book of the Dead, Brahmanism, Confucianism, the Koran, Talmud, etc.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length11 hrs 1 min
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Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1GEORG EBERS
77III.--Tom Jones Falls into Disgrace
2An Egyptian Princess
78IV.--Tom Jones's Restoration
3I.--The Royal Bride
79CAMILLE FLAMMARION
4II.--The Plot
80Urania
5III.--Conflicting Evidence
81I.--The Muse of Astronomy
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6IV.--The Unexpected Witness
82II.--Love and Death
7MARIA EDGEWORTH
83III.--A Soul from Mars
8Belinda
84IV.--The Eternal Progress
9I.--A Match-Maker's Handicap
85DE LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ
10II.--Fashion and Fortitude
86Undine
11III.--An Unexpected Suitor
87I.--The Water Sprite
12IV.--Explanation and Reconciliation
88II.--"I Have No Soul!"
13Castle Rackrent
89III.--"Woe! Woe!"
14I.--Sir Patrick and Sir Murtagh
90IV.--The White Stranger
15II.--Sir Kit and his Wife
91ÉMILE GABORIAU
16III.--Sir Condy
92"File No. 113"
17IV.--The Last of the Rackrents
93I.--The Robbery and a Clue
18GEORGE ELIOT
94II.--A Mysterious Journey
19Adam Bede
95III.--The Dossier
20I.--The Two Brothers
96JOHN GALT
21II.--The Hall Farm
97Annals of the Parish
22III.--Adam's First Love
98I.--The Placing of Mr. Balwhidder
23IV.--The Wife of Adam Bede
99II.--The Minister's Second Marriage
24Felix Holt, the Radical
100III.--A Runaway Match
25I.--The Minister's Daughter
101IV.--Years of Lamentation
26II.--The Election Riot
102V.--Death of the Second Mrs. Balwhidder
27III.--The Trial
103VI.--The Last Sermon
28IV.--Felix and Esther
104ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL
29Romola
105Cranford
30I.--Tito and Little Tessa
106I.--Our Society
31II.--"More than a Man's Ransom"
107II.--The Captain
32III.--The Man who was Wronged
108III.--Poor Peter
33IV.--Romola's Ordeal
109IV.--Friends in Need
34V.--Baldassarre is Avenged
110Mary Barton
35Silas Marner
111I.--Rich and Poor
36I.--Why Silas Came to Raveloe
112II.--The Rivals
37II.--The Second Blow
113III.--Murder
38III.--Silas Marner's Visitor
114IV.---"Not Guilty"
39IV--Eppie's Decision
115V.--"Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
40The Mill on the Floss
116WILLIAM GODWIN
41I.--The Tullivers of Dorlcote Mill
117Caleb Williams
42II.--School-Time
118I.--Mr. Falkland's Secret
43III.--The Downfall
119II.--I Learn the Secret
44IV.--In Death They Were Not Divided
120III.--My Persecutions and Sufferings
45ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN
121IV.--The Doom of Falkland
46Waterloo
122JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
47I.--Napoleon Returns
123The Sorrows of Young Werther
48II.--"Vive l'Empereur!"
124I.--"I Have Found an Angel"
49III.--On the Road to Waterloo
125II.--Bereft of Comfort
50IV.--The Hour of Disaster
126III.--"I Can Remain No Longer"
51OCTAVE FEUILLET
127IV.--"I am Resolved to Die"
52Romance of a Poor Young Man
128Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
53I.--A Nobleman in Difficulties
129I.--On the Road
54II.--Love and Jealousy
130II.--A Message from the Dead
55III.--Two on a Tower
131III.--Wilhelm's Apprenticeship
56IV.---A Test Case
132IV.--Heart Against Reason
57V.--Two in a Garden
133OLIVER GOLDSMITH
58HENRY FIELDING
134The Vicar of Wakefield
59Amelia
135I.--Family Portraits
60I.--The Inside of a Prison
136II.--The Squire
61II.--Captain Booth Tells His Story
137III.--The Elopement
62III.--Amelia in London
138IV.--Fresh Calamities
63IV.--Fortune Smiles on Amelia
139V.--The Rescue
64Jonathan Wild
140EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT
65I.--Mr. Wild's Early Exploits
141Renée Mauperin
66II.--An Example of Wild's Greatness
142I.--A Wayward Girl
67III.--Mr. Heartfree's Weakness
143II.--Plots and Plays
68IV.--The Highest Pinnacle of Greatness
144III.--Stint to Death by his Sister
69Joseph Andrews
145IV.--Broken Wanderers
70I.--The Virtues of Joseph Andrews
146JAMES GRANT
71II.--Adventures on the Road
147Bothwell
72III.--More Adventures
148I.--Anna of Bergen
73IV.--Joseph Finds his Father
149II.--Bothwell Castle
74Tom Jones
150III.--Mary Queen of Scots
75I.--Mr. Allworthy Makes a Discovery
151IV.--The Kirk of Field
76II.--The Foundling Achieves Manhood
152V.--Nemesis
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