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 Old Curiosity Shop

4 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Old Curiosity Shop

By CHARLES DICKENS Condensation by FREDERICK H. DOLE A LITTLE child--the beautifully-drawn character sketch of such a one as the Divine…

The Old Curiosity Shop: Quilp

He cried out that his winning would have been made from evil men and would have been spent on a sinless child. Quilp was unmoved by his…

The Old Curiosity Shop: Garland

Now the old man's servant, Kit, had obtained an excellent position near home by being strictly honest in his dealings with a kind old man…

The Old Curiosity Shop: Cooper

COOPER TO James Fenimore Cooper's boyhood may be traced his genius for picturing primeval forests and adventures alive with thrill. Son of…

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