The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — 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. VIII
FICTION
MCMX
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
Arcadia
I.--Lost and Found
II.--The Lovers' Quest
III.--Through Perils to Peace
TOBIAS SMOLLETT
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
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
STENDHAL (HENRI BEYLE)
The Chartreuse of Parma
I. Fabrice del Dongo
II.--Giletti
III.--The Citadel
IV.--The Escape
V.--Clelia's Vow
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)
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Uncle Tom's Cabin
I.--Humane Dealing
II.--Eliza's Escape
III.--The Property Is Carried Off
IV.--Freedom
EUGÈNE SUE
Mysteries of Paris
I
II
III
IV
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
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
COUNT LYOF N. TOLSTOY
Anna Karenina
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
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
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
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
HORACE WALPOLE
Castle of Otranto
I.--The Helmet
II.--Father Jerome
III.--The Knight of the Sword
IV.--The Prophecy Fulfilled
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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