The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I

About this eBook

Editor

Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction

Credits

E-text prepared by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10471

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10471

Release Date

December 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS
2. 2.JOINT EDITORS
3. 3.ARTHUR MEE — Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge
4. 4.J. A. HAMMERTON — Editor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia
5. 5.VOL. I
6. 6.FICTION — MCMX
7. 7.Table of Contents
8. 8.INTRODUCTION
9. 9.EDMOND ABOUT — The King of the Mountains — I.--The Brigand and His Business — II.--The King of the Mountains Company, Limited — III.--A Way of Escape
10. 10.HARRISON AINSWORTH — Tower of London — I.--Prisoners in the Tower — II.--The Twelfth Day Queen — III.--The Price of Pardon — IV.--The Torture Chamber and the Block
11. 11.HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN — The Improvisatore — I.--A Boyhood in Rome — II.--In the School of Life — III.--Love and Adventure in Rome — IV.--On the Road to Fame — V.--The Sorrowful Wayfarer — VI.--A Marriage in Venice
12. 12.APULEIUS — The Golden Ass — I.--Lucius Sets Out on His Wonderful Adventures — II.--The Feast of the God of Laughter — III.--Lucius Becomes an Ass — IV.--The Marvellous Story of Cupid and Psyche — V.--The Further Strange Adventures of the Ass — VI.--The Miracle of Isis and the Fate of Lucius
13. 13.The Arabian Nights — Or, The Thousand and One Nights — I.--The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor — II.--The Tale of the Three Apples — III.--Hassan, the Rope-Maker — IV.--Prince Ahmed and the Fairy — V.--The Hunchback — VI.--Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp — VII.--Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — VIII.--The Fisherman and the Genie — IX.--The Enchanted Horse
14. 14.AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE — Song-Story of the Twelfth Century — I.--Lovers Young and Fair — II.--Love's Song in a Dungeon — III.--Aucassin Goes in Quest of Nicolette — IV.--Love in the Forest — V.--Nicolette's Love Song
15. 15.BERTHOLD AUERBACH — On the Height — I.--A Peasant Nurse in a Royal Palace — II.--The Love Affairs of a King — III.--Walpurga Returns Home — IV.--The Countess Irma's Atonement — V.--A Court Scandal — VI.--Forgiving and Forgiven
16. 16.JANE AUSTEN — Sense and Sensibility — I.--The Dashwoods of Norland Park — II.--Marianne Dashwood in Love — III.--Matrimonial Intrigues — IV--A Happy Ending to Love's Troubles — Pride and Prejudice — I.--A Society Ball at Longbourn — II--The Bennet Girls and their Lovers — III.--Elizabeth Rejects the Rector — IV.--Darcy Loves and Loses — V.--An Elopement — VI.--Three Bennet Weddings — Northanger Abbey — I.--A Heroine in the Making — II.--In the Gay City of Bath — III.--Catherine Morland Among Her Friends — IV.--Romance at Northanger Abbey — Mansfield Park — I.--Sir Thomas Bertram's Family Connections — II.--Cupid at Mansfield Park — III.--Fanny in Society — IV.--Wedding Bells at Mansfield — Emma — I.--The Social Amenities of Highbury — II.--Emma as a Matchmaker — III.--Emma's Schemes in a Tangle — IV.--Love Finds its Own Way — Persuasion — I.--The Vain Baronet of Kellynch Hall — II.--Anne Elliot and her Old Lover — III.--Love-making at Lyme Regis — IV.--Love Triumphant
17. 17.HONORÉ DE BALZAC — Eugénie Grandet — I.--The Rich Miser of Saumur — II.--Eugénie's Springtime of Love — III.--M. Grandet's Discovery — IV.--The Honour of the Grandets — Old Goriot — I.--In a Paris Boarding-House — II.--The Beginnings of the Tragedy — III.--A Temptation and a Murder — IV.--Old Goriot's Death-Bed — The Magic Skin — I.--The Seal of Solomon — II--A Fight Against Fate — III.--The Agony of Death — The Quest of the Absolute — I.--Claes, the Alchemist — II.--The Riddle of Existence — III.--The Passing of Josephine — IV.--The Hour of Darkness — V.--Discovery of the Absolute
18. 18.WILLIAM BECKFORD — History of the Caliph Vathek — I.--Vathek and the Magic Sabres — II.--The Caliph's Strange Adventures — III.--The Palace of Subterranean Fire
19. 19.APHRA BEHN — Oroonoko: the Royal Slave — I.--The Stolen Bride — II.--A White Man's Treachery — III.--The Taint of Slavery
20. 20.CYRANO DE BERGERAC — A Voyage to the Moon — I.--Arrival on the Moon — II.--The Garb of Shame — III.--Marvels of the Moon
21. 21.BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON — Arne — I.--The Little Song-Maker — II.--The Call of the Mountains — III.--Love's Awakening — IV.--After Many Years
22. 22.In God's Way — I.--A Strange Home-coming — II.--The Poison of Tongues — III.--The Fell Work of Slander — IV.--The Reconciliation
23. 23.WILLIAM BLACK — A Daughter of Heth — I.--In Strange Surroundings — II.--The Lovers of Coquette — III.--The Opening of the Gates
24. 24.R. D. BLACKMORE — Lorna Doone — I.--An Adventure in Glen Doone — II.--John Ridd Goes A-Wooing — III.--Love Amid the Snows — IV.--A Night of Fire and Blood — V.--The Duel at Wizard's Slough
25. 25.GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO — The Decameron — Or Ten Days' Entertainment — The Seven Beautiful Maidens — Cymon and Iphigenia: A Tale of Love — Gisippus and Titus: A Tale of Friendship — The Three Rings: A Tale of Ingenuity — Griselda: A Tale of Wifely Patience

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