The World's Greatest Books: Vol VIII

About this eBook

Editor

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

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction

Credits

Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11659

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11659

Release Date

March 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD'S — GREATEST — BOOKS
2. 2.JOINT EDITORS — ARTHUR MEE — Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge — J.A. HAMMERTON — Editor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia — VOL. VIII — FICTION — MCMX
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.SIR WALTER SCOTT — Quentin Durward — I.--The Wanderer Meets Louis XI. — II.--The Scottish Archer — III.--A Prize for Honour — IV.--The Winning of the Prize — Rob Roy — I.--I Meet Diana Vernon — II.--Rashleigh's Villainy — III.--In the Highlands — IV.--Rob Roy to the Rescue — The Talisman — I.--The Knight of the Leopard — II.--Richard Coeur-de-Lion — III.--Richard and Sir Kenneth — IV.--The Victory of Sir Kenneth
5. 5.MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY — Frankenstein — I.--Robert Walton's Letter — II.--Frankenstein's Story — III.--Frankenstein's Creation — IV.--The Doom of Frankenstein — V.--Walton's Letter, continued
6. 6.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY — Arcadia — I.--Lost and Found — II.--The Lovers' Quest — III.--Through Perils to Peace
7. 7.The Adventures of Roderick Random — I.--My Birth, Parentage, and Childhood — II.--I Arrive in London — III.--I Recover My Father — IV.--I Am Married — Peregrine Pickle — I.--Peregrine's Parentage — II.--The Commodore Takes Peregrine Under His Own Care — III.--First Acquaintance with Miss Emilia Gauntlet — IV.--Peregrine is Left an Orphan and Marries
8. 8.MADAME DE STAËL — Corinne — I.--The Roman Poetess — II.--The Living and the Dead — III.--Corinne's Story — IV.--Parting and Pursuit — V.--The Clouded Moon
9. 9.STENDHAL (HENRI BEYLE) — The Chartreuse of Parma — I. Fabrice del Dongo — II.--Giletti — III.--The Citadel — IV.--The Escape — V.--Clelia's Vow
10. 10.LAURENCE STERNE — Tristram Shandy — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII.--The Story of Le Fevre — VIII.--The Story of Le Fevre (continued) — IX.--The Story of Le Fevre (concluded)
11. 11.HARRIET BEECHER STOWE — Uncle Tom's Cabin — I.--Humane Dealing — II.--Eliza's Escape — III.--The Property Is Carried Off — IV.--Freedom
12. 12.EUGÈNE SUE — Mysteries of Paris — I — II — III — IV
13. 13.JONATHAN SWIFT — Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World — I.--A Voyage to Lilliput — II. I Depart from Blefusco — III.--A Voyage to Brobdingnag — IV.--At the Court of Brobdingnag
14. 14.WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY — The Newcomes — I.--The "Cave of Harmony" — II.--Clive Newman in Love — III.--Clive is Married — IV.--The Colonel Says "Adsum" When His Name is Called — The Virginians — I.--Harry Warrington Comes Home — II.--Samaritans — III.--Harry Warrington is Disinherited — IV.--From the Warrington MSS. — Vanity Fair — I.--Miss Sharp Opens Her Campaign — II.--Two Marriages — III.--After Waterloo — IV.--Colonel Dobbin Leaves the Army
15. 15.COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOY — Anna Karenina — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X
16. 16.ANTHONY TROLLOPE — The Warden — I.--Hiram's Hospital — II.--The Barchester Reformer — III.--Iphigenia — IV.--The Warden Resigns — Barchester Towers — I.--The New Bishop — II.--The Bishop's Chaplain — III.--Mrs. Proudie Gets a Fall — IV.--Mr. Slope Bids Farewell
17. 17.IVAN TURGENEV — Fathers and Sons — I.--The Old and the New — II--Bazaroff's Home-Coming — III.--The Duel — IV.--The Passing of Bazaroff — A Nest of Nobles — I.--A Student's Marriage — II.--Separation — III.--A New Friendship — IV.--Love and Duty — Smoke — I.--A Broken Idyll — II--Temptation — III--A Ruined Life — IV.--Love's Reward
18. 18.JULES VERNE — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea — I.--I Join a Strange Expedition — II.--The Attack and After — III.--Our Life on the Nautilus — IV.--Captain Nemo and the Avenger — V.--The Doom of the Oppressor — VI.--Our Escape from the Nautilus
19. 19.HORACE WALPOLE — Castle of Otranto — I.--The Helmet — II.--Father Jerome — III.--The Knight of the Sword — IV.--The Prophecy Fulfilled
20. 20.ÉMILE ZOLA — Drink — I.--The Lodgers of the Hôtel Boncoeur — II.--Gervaise and Coupeau — III.--Starting on the Down Road — IV.--Lantier's Return — V.--The Beginning of the End — VI.--The Final Ruin

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