The Greatest Fiction Volume 2: Forever Books Guide

Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Nov 2015 · Forever Books Guide Book 2 · 谷月社

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 GEORGE BORROW
Lavengro
I.--The Scholar, the Gipsy, the Priest
II.--An Adventure with a Publisher
III.--The Spirit of Stonehenge
IV.--The Flaming Tinman
The Romany Rye
I.--The Roving Life
II.--The Parting of the Ways
III.--Horse-Keeping and Horse-Dealing
IV.--A Recruiting Sergeant
M. E. BRADDON
Lady Audley's Secret
I.--The Second Lady Audley
II.--The Return of the Gold-Seeker
III.--Robert Audley Comes on the Scene
IV.--The Search and the Counter Check
V.--My Lady Tells the Truth
VI.--The Mystery Cleared Up
EDWARD BRADLEY ("CUTHBERT BEDE")
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
I.--A Very Quiet Party
II.--Mr. Verdant Green Does as He Has Been Done By
III.--Town and Gown
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
Jane Eyre
I.--The Master of Thornfield Hall
II.--The Mystery of the Third Floor
III.--The Shadowy Walk
IV.--The Mystery Explained
V.--Reunion
Shirley
I.--In the Dark Days of the War
II.--The Master of Hollows Mill
III.--Caroline Finds a Mother
IV.--An Old Acquaintance
V.--Love Scenes
Villette
I.--Little Miss Caprice
II.--Madame Beck's School
III.--Old Friends are Best
IV.--A Cure for First Love
V.--Reunion Completed
VI.--A Professor's Love-Story
EMILY BRONTË
Wuthering Heights
I.--A Surly Brood
II.--The Story Runs Backward
III.--The Story Runs Forward
ROBERT BUCHANAN
The Shadow of the Sword
I.--The King of the Conscripts
II.--In the Cathedral of the Sea
III.--Rohan Meets Napoleon
JOHN BUNYAN
The Holy War
I.--The Founding of Mansoul
II.--The Plot and Capture
III.--The Re-Taking of Mansoul
IV.--The Downfall
The Pilgrim's Progress
I.--The Battle with Apollyon
II.--Vanity Fair
III.--The Celestial City
FANNY BURNEY
Evelina
I.--Deserted
LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS
MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD
II.--A Visit to Town
LADY HOWARD TO MR. VILLARS
MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD
EVELINA ANVILLE TO MR. VILLARS
III.--An Unlucky Meeting
EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS
MR. VILLARS TO EVELINA
EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS
IV.--A Compromising Situation
EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS
V.--A Growing Acquaintance
EVELINA TO MISS MIRVAN
EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS
VI.--A Happy Ending
EVELINA TO MR. VILLARS
WILLIAM CARLETON
The Black Prophet
I.--The Murders in the Glen
II.--The Prophet Schemes
III.--The Shadow of Crime
IV.--An Amazing Witness
V.--Fate: the Discoverer
LEWIS CARROLL
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
I.--What Happened Down the Rabbit-Hole
II.--The Pool of Tears and the Animals' Party
III.--The Adventures in the Wood
IV.--Alice at the Mad Tea Party
V.--The Mock Turtle's Story and the Lobster Quadrille
VI.--The Trial of the Knave of Hearts
MIGUEL CERVANTES
Life and Adventures of Don Quixote
I.--The Knight-Errant of La Mancha
II.--An Adventure in a Courtyard
III.--The Immortal Partnership
IV.--Sancho Governs His Island
V.--The Death of Don Quixote
ADALBERT VON CHAMISSO
Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man
I.--The Grey Man
II.--A Soul for a Shadow
III.--The Wanderer
CHATEAUBRIAND
Atala
I.--The Song of Death
II.--The Magic of the Forest
CHARLES VICTOR CHERBULIEZ
Samuel Brohl & Co.
I.--A Mountain Romance
II.--A Conversation with a Dead Man
III.--Samuel Brohl Comes to Life
IV.--The Partnership is Dissolved
WILKIE COLLINS
No Name
I.--Nobody's Children
II.--Tricked into Marriage
III.--The Darkest Hour
The Woman in White
I.--The Woman Appears
II.--The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore, of Chancery Lane, Solicitor to the Fairlies
III.--The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe in a Series of Extracts from Her Diary
IV.--The Story Completed by Walter Hartright on His Return, from Several Manuscripts
HUGH CONWAY
Called Back
I.--A Blind Witness
II.--Not for Love or Marriage
III.--Calling Back the Past
IV.--Seeking the Truth in Siberia
FENIMORE COOPER
The Last of the Mohicans
I.--Betrayed by the Redskin
II.--In the Nick of Time
III.--"The Jubilee of Devils"
IV.--Captives of the Hurons
V.--Hawk-eye's Revenge
The Spy
I.--Uncomfortable Visitors
II.--The Disguise That Failed
III.--A Dangerous Situation
IV.--Justice by Evasion
V.--Unexpected Meetings
VI.--Last Scenes
MRS. CRAIK
John Halifax, Gentleman
I.--The Tanner's Apprentice
II.--Ursula March
III.--The Rise of John Halifax
IV.--The Journey's End
GEORGE CROLY
Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come!
I.--Immortality on Earth
II.--The Son of Misfortune
III.--The Abomination of Desolation
IV.--The Hour of Doom
V.--The Pilgrim of Time
RICHARD HENRY DANA
Two Years Before the Mast
I.--Life on a Merchantman
II.--At the Ends of the Earth
III.--A Tyrannical Captain
IV.--I Become a Hide-Curer
V.--An Adventurous Voyage Home

About the author

Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as "the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known".

His first posts in journalism included a period in Nottingham where he first met Arthur Mee, who was to become his lifelong friend. Then, in 1905, he joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press. There he again collaborated with Mee in producing the Harmsworth Self-Educator.

He contributed to the first edition of Mee's Children's Encyclopædia, which appeared in a fortnightly series from 1908 till 1910 before being published in eight large volumes. His contribution consisted of compiling articles on 'Famous Books' and 'Poetry'.

His greatest achievement was Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopædia, which – like the Children's Encyclopædia – was published first as a fortnightly series in 1920–22 and sold twelve million copies throughout the English-speaking world.