The World's Greatest Books, Volume I

By Mee, Arthur

Book Id: WPLBN0000633863
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Title:	The World's Greatest Books, Volume I
Author:	Mee, Arthur
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt
Introduction: An enterprise such as THE WORLD?s GREATEST BOOKS is to be judged from two different standpoints. It may be judged with respect to its specific achievement?the material of which it consists; or it may be judged with regard to its general utility in the scheme of literature to which it belongs. In an age which is sometimes ironically called ?remarkable? for its commercialism, nothing has been more truly remarkable than the advancement in learning as well as in material progress; and of all the instruments that have contributed to this end, none has been more effective, perhaps, than the practical popularisation of literature.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The World's Greatest Books, Vol. I, 1 -- Various, Edited by Arthur Mee, 1 -- Introduction, 5 -- EDMOND ABOUT, 6 -- I.?The Brigand and His Business, 7 -- II.?The King of the Mountains Company, Limited, 8 -- III.?A Way of Escape, 12 -- HARRISON AINSWORTH, 15 -- I.?Prisoners in the Tower, 16 -- II.?The Twelfth Day Queen, 18 -- III.?The Price of Pardon, 19 -- IV.?The Torture Chamber and the Block, 21 -- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, 22 -- I.?A Boyhood in Rome, 23 -- II.?In the School of Life, 24 -- III.?Love and Adventure in Rome, 25 -- IV.?On the Road to Fame, 26 -- V.?The Sorrowful Wayfarer, 27 -- VI.?A Marriage in Venice, 28 -- APULEIUS, 29 -- I.?Lucius Sets Out on His Wonderful Adventures, 30 -- II.?The Feast of the God of Laughter, 31 -- III.?Lucius Becomes an Ass, 32 -- IV.?The Marvellous Story of Cupid and Psyche, 34 -- V.?The Further Strange Adventures of the Ass, 35 -- VI.?The Miracle of Isis and the Fate of Lucius, 37 -- The Arabian Nights, 37 -- I.?The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, 38 -- II.?The Tale of the Three Apples, 40 -- III.?Hassan, the Rope?Maker, 41 -- IV.?Prince Ahmed and the Fairy, 41 -- V.?The Hunchback, 43 -- VI.?Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp, 43 -- VII.?Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 44 -- VIII.?The Fisherman and the Genie, 44 -- IX.?The Enchanted Horse, 45 -- AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE, 46 -- I.?Lovers Young and Fair, 46 -- II.?Love's Song in a Dungeon, 49 -- III.?Aucassin Goes in Quest of Nicolette, 51 -- V.?Nicolette's Love Song, 54 -- BERTHOLD AUERBACH, 55 -- I.?A Peasant Nurse in a Royal Palace, 56 -- II.?The Love Affairs of a King, 56 -- III.?Walpurga Returns Home, 58 -- IV.?The Countess Irma's Atonement, 60 -- V.?A Court Scandal, 60 -- VI.?Forgiving and Forgiven, 62