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 Marble Faun

4 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Marble Faun

By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Condensation by REV. PAUL REVERE FROTHINGHAM, D.D.

The Marble Faun: Miriam

They had emerged from the palace, and there, partly concealed by a pillar in the portico, stood the wild figure of a bearded man. "Miriam,"…

The Marble Faun: Kenyon

Thither, in the summer, Kenyon went to pay a long-planned visit. He found the poor faun sadly changed. The idea of a life-long penance had…

The Marble Faun: Bunyan

BUNYAN JOHN BUNYAN was born at Elston, England, in November, 1628. His father was a rough tinker, but managed to send the boy to the…

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