The Worlds Greatest Books Vol VI

About this eBook

Editor

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

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — 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.

11180

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11180

Release Date

February 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. VI — FICTION — Copyright, MCMX
3. 3.Table of Contents — Acknowledgment
4. 4.SHERIDAN LE FANU — Uncle Silas — I.--Death, the Intruder — II.--The Sorceries of Bartram-Haugh — III.--A Night of Terror — IV.--The Open Door
5. 5.RENÉ LE SAGE — Gil Blas — I.--I Start on my Travels — II.--In Male Attire — III.--Old Acquaintances
6. 6.CHARLES LEVER — Charles O'Malley — I.--O'Malley of O'Malley Castle — II.--I Join the Dragoons — III.--I Smell Gunpowder — IV.--Shipwrecked Hopes — V.--A Desolate Hearth — Tom Burke of "Ours" — I.--The Boy Rebel — II.--A Blow for the Emperor — III.--Broken Dreams — IV.--The Call of the Sword
7. 7.M.G. LEWIS — Ambrosio, or the Monk — I.--The Recluse — II.--The Abbot's Infatuation — III.--Unavailing Remorse — IV.--A Living Death — V.--Lucifer
8. 8.ELIZA LYNN LINTON — Joshua Davidson — I.--A Cornish Christ — II.--Faith That Moveth Mountains — III.--Is Christ's Way Livable? — IV.--The Pathway of Martyrdom
9. 9.SAMUEL LOVER — Handy Andy — I.--The Squire Gets a Surprise — II.--O'Grady Gets a Blister — III.--Andy Gets Married — IV.--Andy Gets Married Again — V.--Andy Gets Married a Third Time
10. 10.EDWARD BULWER LYTTON — Eugene Aram — I.--At the Sign of the Spotted Dog — II.--The Squire's Guest — III.--The Old Riding-Whip — IV.--Hush-Money — V.--Human Bones — VI.--"I Murdered my Own Life" — The Last Days of Pompeii — I.--The Athenian's Love Story — II.--Arbaces, the Egyptian — III.--The Love Philtre — IV.--The Day of Ghastly Night — The Last of the Barons — I.--Warwick's Mission to France — II.--A Dishonoured Embassy — III.--The Scholar and his Daughter — IV.--The Return of the King-Maker
11. 11.HENRY MACKENZIE — The Man of Feeling — I.--A Whimsical History — II.--The Man of Feeling in Love — III.--Harley's Success with the Baronet — IV.--He Meets an Old Acquaintance — V.--The Man of Feeling is Jealous — VI.--He Sees Miss Walton and is Happy
12. 12.XAVIER DE MAISTRE — A Journey Round My Room — I.--My Great Discovery — II.--My Armchair and my Bed — III.--The Beast — IV.--A Great Picture — V.--In Prison Again
13. 13.SIR THOMAS MALORY — Morte d'Arthur — I.--The Coming of Arthur — II.--The Marriage of Arthur — III.--Sir Launcelot and the King — IV.--The Passing of Arthur
14. 14.ANNE MANNING — The Household of Sir Thomas More — I.--Of the Writing of My Libellus — II.--Father Goeth to the Court — III.--The Great Seal is Resigned — IV.--The Worst is Done
15. 15.ALESSANDRO MANZONI — The Betrothed — I.--The Schemes of Don Rodrigo — II.--The Riot of the Hungry — III.--The Unnamed's Penitence — IV.--In a Lazzeretto
16. 16.FREDERICK MARRYAT — Mr. Midshipman Easy — I.--Mr. Easy Joins His Majesty's Service — II.--On Board the Harpy — III.--The Triangular Duel — IV.--Jack Leaves the Service — Peter Simple — I.--I am Sacrificed to the Navy — II.--I am Taken Prisoner — III.--We Make Our Escape — IV.--In Bedlam
17. 17.CHARLES MATURIN — Melmoth the Wanderer — I.--The Portrait — II.--The Spaniard's Story — III.--The Romance of Immalee — IV.--The Fate of Melmoth
18. 18.DIEGO DE MENDOZA — Lazarillo de Tormes — I.--The Blind Man — II.--The Priest — III.--The Poor Gentleman — IV.--The Dealer in Indulgences
19. 19.DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI — The Death of the Gods — I.--Julian's Boyhood — II.--Julian the Emperor — III.--The Worship of Apollo — IV.--"Thou Hast Conquered, Galilean!"
20. 20.PROSPER MÉRIMÉE — Carmen — I.--I Meet Don José — II.--My Experience with Carmen — III.--Don José's Story — IV.--The End of Don José's Story
21. 21.MARY RUSSELL MITFORD — Our Village — I.--Some of the Inhabitants — II.--Hannah Bint — III.--A Country Cricket Match — IV.--Love, the Leveller
22. 22.DAVID MOIR — Autobiography of Mansie Wauch — I.--Mansie's Forebears and Early Life — II.--The Resurrection Men — III.--The Friends of the People — IV.--My First and Last Play — V.--Benjie a Barber
23. 23.JAMES MORIER — The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan — I.--The Turcomans — II.--The Fate of the Lovely — III.--Among the Holy Men — IV.--Hajji and the Infidels
24. 24.DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY — The Way of the World — I.--The Upstart — II.--A Peer in Difficulties — III.--Ella's Martyrdom — IV.--The Renunciation — V.--Kimberley's Wedding Gift
25. 25.FRANK NORRIS — The Pit — I.--Curtis Jadwin and His Wife — II.--A Corner in Wheat — III.--The Corner Breaks — IV.--A Fresh Start
26. 26.GEORGES OHNET — The Ironmaster — I.--The Faithless Lover — II.--M. Derblay's Passion — III.--The Ironmaster's Disappointment — IV.--The Lover's Reward
27. 27.OUIDA (LOUISE DE LA RAMÉE) — Under Two Flags — I.--An Officer of the Guards — II "A Mystery--An Error" — III.--Under Another Flag — IV.--From Death to Life
28. 28.JAMES PAYN — Lost Sir Massingberd — I.--Neither Fearing God Nor Regarding Man — II.--A Gypsy's Curse — III.--A Wife Undesired — IV.--The Curse Fulfilled

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