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 Heart of Midlothian

3 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Heart of Midlothian

By SIR WALTER SCOTT Condensation by THURMAN L. HOOD THE Heart of Midlothian, by many called the finest of the Waverley Novels, was…

The Heart of Midlothian: Porteous

Before Reuben Butler could see her the Tolbooth was closed; and before he could escape from the city a crowd of rioters compelled him to…

The Heart of Midlothian: George

Before she reached Scotland again, Effie had eloped with her lover, who was in reality George Staunton, son of an English nobleman. The…

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