The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction

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"The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06". 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
Length12 hrs 5 mins
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Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1SHERIDAN LE FANU
91I.--The Schemes of Don Rodrigo
2Uncle Silas
92II.--The Riot of the Hungry
3I.--Death, the Intruder
93III.--The Unnamed's Penitence
4II.--The Sorceries of Bartram-Haugh
94IV.--In a Lazzeretto
5III.--A Night of Terror
95FREDERICK MARRYAT
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6IV.--The Open Door
96Mr. Midshipman Easy
7RENÉ LE SAGE
97I.--Mr. Easy Joins His Majesty's Service
8Gil Blas
98II.--On Board the Harpy
9I.--I Start on my Travels
99III.--The Triangular Duel
10II.--In Male Attire
100IV.--Jack Leaves the Service
11III.--Old Acquaintances
101Peter Simple
12CHARLES LEVER
102I.--I am Sacrificed to the Navy
13Charles O'Malley
103II.--I am Taken Prisoner
14I.--O'Malley of O'Malley Castle
104III.--We Make Our Escape
15II.--I Join the Dragoons
105IV.--In Bedlam
16III.--I Smell Gunpowder
106CHARLES MATURIN
17IV.--Shipwrecked Hopes
107Melmoth the Wanderer
18V.--A Desolate Hearth
108I.--The Portrait
19Tom Burke of "Ours"
109II.--The Spaniard's Story
20I.--The Boy Rebel
110III.--The Romance of Immalee
21II.--A Blow for the Emperor
111IV.--The Fate of Melmoth
22III.--Broken Dreams
112DIEGO DE MENDOZA
23IV.--The Call of the Sword
113Lazarillo de Tormes
24M.G. LEWIS
114I.--The Blind Man
25Ambrosio, or the Monk
115II.--The Priest
26I.--The Recluse
116III.--The Poor Gentleman
27II.--The Abbot's Infatuation
117IV.--The Dealer in Indulgences
28III.--Unavailing Remorse
118DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI
29IV.--A Living Death
119The Death of the Gods
30V.--Lucifer
120I.--Julian's Boyhood
31ELIZA LYNN LINTON
121II.--Julian the Emperor
32Joshua Davidson
122III.--The Worship of Apollo
33I.--A Cornish Christ
123IV.--"Thou Hast Conquered, Galilean!"
34II.--Faith That Moveth Mountains
124PROSPER MÉRIMÉE
35III.--Is Christ's Way Livable?
125Carmen
36IV.--The Pathway of Martyrdom
126I.--I Meet Don José
37SAMUEL LOVER
127II.--My Experience with Carmen
38Handy Andy
128III.--Don José's Story
39I.--The Squire Gets a Surprise
129IV.--The End of Don José's Story
40II.--O'Grady Gets a Blister
130MARY RUSSELL MITFORD
41III.--Andy Gets Married
131Our Village
42IV.--Andy Gets Married Again
132I.--Some of the Inhabitants
43V.--Andy Gets Married a Third Time
133II.--Hannah Bint
44EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
134III.--A Country Cricket Match
45Eugene Aram
135IV.--Love, the Leveller
46I.--At the Sign of the Spotted Dog
136DAVID MOIR
47II.--The Squire's Guest
137Autobiography of Mansie Wauch
48III.--The Old Riding-Whip
138I.--Mansie's Forebears and Early Life
49IV.--Hush-Money
139II.--The Resurrection Men
50V.--Human Bones
140III.--The Friends of the People
51VI.--"I Murdered my Own Life"
141IV.--My First and Last Play
52The Last Days of Pompeii
142V.--Benjie a Barber
53I.--The Athenian's Love Story
143JAMES MORIER
54II.--Arbaces, the Egyptian
144The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
55III.--The Love Philtre
145I.--The Turcomans
56IV.--The Day of Ghastly Night
146II.--The Fate of the Lovely
57The Last of the Barons
147III.--Among the Holy Men
58I.--Warwick's Mission to France
148IV.--Hajji and the Infidels
59II.--A Dishonoured Embassy
149DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY
60III.--The Scholar and his Daughter
150The Way of the World
61IV.--The Return of the King-Maker
151I.--The Upstart
62HENRY MACKENZIE
152II.--A Peer in Difficulties
63The Man of Feeling
153III.--Ella's Martyrdom
64I.--A Whimsical History
154IV.--The Renunciation
65II.--The Man of Feeling in Love
155V.--Kimberley's Wedding Gift
66III.--Harley's Success with the Baronet
156FRANK NORRIS
67IV.--He Meets an Old Acquaintance
157The Pit
68V.--The Man of Feeling is Jealous
158I.--Curtis Jadwin and His Wife
69VI.--He Sees Miss Walton and is Happy
159II.--A Corner in Wheat
70XAVIER DE MAISTRE
160III.--The Corner Breaks
71A Journey Round My Room
161IV.--A Fresh Start
72I.--My Great Discovery
162GEORGES OHNET
73II.--My Armchair and my Bed
163The Ironmaster
74III.--The Beast
164I.--The Faithless Lover
75IV.--A Great Picture
165II.--M. Derblay's Passion
76V.--In Prison Again
166III.--The Ironmaster's Disappointment
77SIR THOMAS MALORY
167IV.--The Lover's Reward
78Morte d'Arthur
168OUIDA (LOUISE DE LA RAMÉE)
79I.--The Coming of Arthur
169Under Two Flags
80II.--The Marriage of Arthur
170I.--An Officer of the Guards
81III.--Sir Launcelot and the King
171II "A Mystery--An Error"
82IV.--The Passing of Arthur
172III.--Under Another Flag
83ANNE MANNING
173IV.--From Death to Life
84The Household of Sir Thomas More
174JAMES PAYN
85I.--Of the Writing of My Libellus
175Lost Sir Massingberd
86II.--Father Goeth to the Court
176I.--Neither Fearing God Nor Regarding Man
87III.--The Great Seal is Resigned
177II.--A Gypsy's Curse
88IV.--The Worst is Done
178III.--A Wife Undesired
89ALESSANDRO MANZONI
179IV.--The Curse Fulfilled
90The Betrothed

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