The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
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THE WORLD'S
GREATEST
BOOKS
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
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
SHERIDAN LE FANU
Uncle Silas
I.--Death, the Intruder
II.--The Sorceries of Bartram-Haugh
III.--A Night of Terror
IV.--The Open Door
RENÉ LE SAGE
Gil Blas
I.--I Start on my Travels
II.--In Male Attire
III.--Old Acquaintances
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
M.G. LEWIS
Ambrosio, or the Monk
I.--The Recluse
II.--The Abbot's Infatuation
III.--Unavailing Remorse
IV.--A Living Death
V.--Lucifer
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CHARLES MATURIN
Melmoth the Wanderer
I.--The Portrait
II.--The Spaniard's Story
III.--The Romance of Immalee
IV.--The Fate of Melmoth
DIEGO DE MENDOZA
Lazarillo de Tormes
I.--The Blind Man
II.--The Priest
III.--The Poor Gentleman
IV.--The Dealer in Indulgences
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!"
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
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD
Our Village
I.--Some of the Inhabitants
II.--Hannah Bint
III.--A Country Cricket Match
IV.--Love, the Leveller
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
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
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
FRANK NORRIS
The Pit
I.--Curtis Jadwin and His Wife
II.--A Corner in Wheat
III.--The Corner Breaks
IV.--A Fresh Start
GEORGES OHNET
The Ironmaster
I.--The Faithless Lover
II.--M. Derblay's Passion
III.--The Ironmaster's Disappointment
IV.--The Lover's Reward
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
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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