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 Virginians

6 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Virginians

By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Condensation by SARA WARE BASSETT VIRGINIA in the days of Washington's early manhood; Virginia with its vast…

The Virginians: Esmond

We see George Washington, a frequent and welcome guest at "Castlewood," greeting the Widow Esmond with friendship so ardent that her sons…

The Virginians: Bernstein

Hence we behold Harry at the home of his English cousins at "Castlewood," where, we regret to say, he at first receives but a scant…

The Virginians: Tunbridge

Harry is an ingratiating young fellow and his aunt Bernstein promptly falls in love with him, urging him to go with her to Tunbridge Wells…

The Virginians: Virginian

The fame of the Virginian has preceded him.

The Virginians: White

The boy has never seen London, and what a realm of enchantment it is! The fireworks at Vauxhall; the theater where Garrick plays to…

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