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 James Lane Allen

2 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

By James Lane Allen

Condensation by SARA WARE BASSETT FEW writers of American fiction are better qualified to present the early history of Kentucky than is…

By James Lane Allen: Falconer

Amy, in the mean time, has made her home with her aunt and uncle, Major and Mrs. Falconer. Mrs. Falconer stands out against a background of…

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