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1、AGuidetotheBestHistoricalNovelsandTalesAGuidetotheBestHistoricalNovelsandTalesJonathanNield1AGuidetotheBestHistoricalNovelsandTales"Thesehistoricalnovelshavetaughtallmenthistruth,whichlookslikeatruism,andyetwasasgoodasunknowntowritersofhistoryandother
2、s,tillsotaught:thatthebygoneagesoftheworldwereactuallyfilledbylivingmen,notbyprotocols,state-papers,controversies,andabstractionsofmen."--CarlyleontheWaverleynovels.2AGuidetotheBestHistoricalNovelsandTalesContentsIntroductionPre-ChristianEraFirstCentu
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4、enthCenturySupplementaryList(Semi-Historical)SuggestedCoursesofReading(Juvenile)Bibliography3AGuidetotheBestHistoricalNovelsandTalesINTRODUCTION.Itisnotproposed,inthesepreliminaryremarks,tosketchindetailtheoriginandgrowthoftheHistoricalNovel;thishasal
5、readybeenamplydonebyProfessorSaintsburyandothers.Ishallbecontenttoapproachthesubjectonitsgeneralside,offering,atthesametime,somecriticalsuggestionswhichwill,Ihope,notbewithoutvaluetoreadersofRomance.But,firstofall,ImustexplainhowtheListwhichfollowscam
6、etobecompiled,andtheobjectIhaveinofferingit.FormanyyearsIhavebeenanassiduousreaderofnovelsandtalesinwhichthehistoricalelementappeared,supplementingmyownreadinginthisdirectionbyacarefulstudyofallthatIcouldfindinthewayofCriticismonsuchworksandtheirwrite
7、rs.OnlyinthiswaycouldIventureonaselectioninvolvingasurveyofseveralthousandvolumes!Withtheaboveunderstanding,Icansaythatnobookhasbeeninsertedwithoutsomereason,whileIhavemadeallpossibleefforttoobtainaccuracyofdescription.Andthisleadsmetoremark,thatjusti
8、nthisprocessofselectiondoIclaimoriginalityformyList.Nearlytwentyyearsagoanexcellent"DescriptiveCatalogueofHistoricalNovelsandTales"waspublished;Mr.H.CourthopeBowenwasthecompiler,*andIwouldherementionmyindebtednesstohim.InMr.Bowen'slist,however
