By Charles Reade

5 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

Condensation by EDWARD H. CROSBY PEG WOFFINGTON stood before the mirror in her dressing-room at the Theater Royal, Covent Garden, London…

And the reflection her glass threw back was one of rare beauty. An oval face crowned by tresses which equaled the ebon of the raven's…

When they were alone together Peg placed her hands on Vane's shoulders and, gazing fixedly into his eyes, said: "Ernest, we actresses make…

Sir Charles Pomander did not at all relish the turn affairs had taken. He had planned many schemes to win Peg's affection, and when he…

THACKERAY TWICE in his later years did William Makepeace Thackeray seek temporarily another career than that of authorship. Shortly before…