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 Last Days of Pompeii

2 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Last Days of Pompeii

By EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON Condensation by PROF. WILLIAM FENWICK HARRIS "GLAUCUS the Athenian, thy time has come,' said a loud and clear…

The Last Days of Pompeii: Glaucus

The converging threads of the story are many, giving in the final weaving a complete picture of the life of Pompeii--its shops, tiny…

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