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.

File No. 113

2 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

File No. 113

By EMILE GABORIAU Condensation by ISABEL ANDERSON "AN exceptionally daring robbery--prominent bank entered--huge sum taken!" were the…

File No. 113: Madeleine

The clerks were interviewed by the police, and search was made of the apartment over the bank, occupied by the president, his wife, and…

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed (1919) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.