Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 222 Mee, Arthur 1875 1943 Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander) 1871 1949 Hammerton, Sir John Alexander Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Alphonse Daudet: Tartarin of Tarascon -- Thomas Day: Sandford and Merton -- Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Captain Singleton -- Charles Dickens: Barnaby Rudge. Bleak House. David Copperfield. Dombey and son. Great expectations. Hard times. Little Dorrit. Martin Chuzzlewit. Nicholas Nickleby. Oliver Twist. Old curiosity shop. Our mutual friend. Pickwick papers. Tale of two cities -- Benjamin Disraeli: Coningsby. Sybil, or the two nations. Tancred, or the new crusade -- Alexandre Dumas: Marguerite de Valois. Black tulip. Corsican brothers. Count of Monte Cristo. The three musketeers. Twenty years after. Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction" by Arthur Mee and J. A. Hammerton is a curated collection of significant works of fiction, likely compiled in the early 20th century. This volume showcases various influential authors, including Alphonse Daudet and Charles Dickens, offering readers a breadth of comedic and dramatic narratives that reflect the human experience through engaging storytelling and memorable characters. The opening portion introduces readers to the editors and sets the stage for a dive into classic literature. Among the highlighted works is "Tartarin of Tarascon" by Alphonse Daudet, which humorously recounts the adventures of Tartarin, an exaggerated hero and boastful hunter from the town of Tarascon, who aspires to chase lions despite the evident absurdities surrounding his bravado. The narrative immediately establishes Tartarin's flawed yet lovable nature, showcasing a journey filled with comedic misapprehensions and societal satire as he awkwardly navigates his ambitious plans with both fear and determination. The content indicates a strong focus on character studies and humorous observations about human nature, making it an enticing introduction to the themes explored in this volume of fiction classics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 656503 653671 2024-10-05T06:25:02.427373 2023-10-05T06:54:41.253222 text/html text/html 656931 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 245383 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 347504 2024-10-05T06:25:14.842305 application/epub+zip 352594 2024-10-05T06:25:06.896314 application/epub+zip 318173 2024-10-05T06:25:05.152419 application/epub+zip 692099 2024-10-05T06:25:21.206234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669125 2024-10-05T06:25:13.671242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 624077 2022-09-05T09:46:23.197203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 632607 632554 2024-10-05T06:25:00.445422 2023-10-05T06:54:39.561211 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 633777 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 242068 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 633768 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241973 2020-12-20T03:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22649 2024-10-05T06:25:21.609205 application/rdf+xml 22413 2024-10-05T06:25:05.934336 image/jpeg 4800 2024-10-05T06:25:05.625353 image/jpeg 335661 2024-10-05T06:25:02.485361 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia