One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed

David Copperfield to Quo Vadis, Don Quixote to The War of the Worlds — a hundred of the world's great novels, each condensed to a brisk summary with its author's life story, as read in 1919.

By Booth Tarkington

6 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

By Booth Tarkington

Condensation by CLARENCE W. BARRON THE Sheridan Building was the biggest skyscraper, the Sheridan Trust Company the biggest bank, and…

By Booth Tarkington: Sheridan

When young Jim had proposed, Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan, his sister-in-law, offered to help Mary in return for help in an affair of her own. Mary…

By Booth Tarkington: Bibbs

Bibbs had to manage the funeral and ride from the cemetery with Mary Vertrees, but neither spoke. "He's not insane," said Mary to her…

By Booth Tarkington: Bibbs--dear

The roar of the city beat upon Bibbs's ear until he began to distinguish a pulsation; the voice of the god, Bigness. "Come and work for me…

By Booth Tarkington: Mary

There was a long pause and a soft, "Yes." "Then why, oh, why, won't you let me see you? I've been like a man chained in a cave." "But…

By Booth Tarkington: Dickens

DICKENS CHARLES DICKENS lived a full life. Acting and editing took much of his time, but even more important were his public readings…

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