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.

On the Heights

4 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

On the Heights

By BERTHOLD AUERBACH Condensation by REV. R. PERRY BUSH, D.D.

On the Heights: Countess

These, with Countess Brinkinstein, the high-priestess of etiquette and decorum--Bruno, Countess Irma's brother, and others who appear less…

On the Heights: Dumas

The countess was laid at rest at early dawn. Down in the valley the king and queen were reading her journal. "They gazed at the rosy dawn…

On the Heights: Maquet

His principal collaborator was Auguste Maquet. He was an able writer, but, as many critics have pointed out, Maquet without Dumas would…

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