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.

The Awakening of Helena Richie

3 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Awakening of Helena Richie

By MARGARET DELAND Condensation by SARA WARE BASSETT IN 1906 Margaret Deland, after having written several other books, gave to the public…

The Awakening of Helena Richie: Chester

The scene of the novel is the same samall Pennsylvania town in which Mrs. Deland had placed two previous books, Old Chester Tales and…

The Awakening of Helena Richie: David

These two persons put their heads together and decide that, since Mrs. Richie leads such a solitary life and is abundantly able, she is the…

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