Author: Hamilton MacKinnon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781527674240

Excerpt from The Marcus Clarke Memorial Volume: Containing Selections From the Writings of Marcus Clarke, Together With Lord Rosebery's Letter, Etc., And a Biography of the Deceased Author There can, indeed, I think, be no two opinions as to the horrible fascination of the book. The reader who takes it up and gets beyond the Prologue - which is for many reasons the least satisfactory, albeit a very necessary part of the narra tive - though he cannot but be harrowed by the long agony of the story and the human anguish of every page, is unable to lay it down almost in spite of himself he has to read and to suffer to the bitter end. To me, I confess, it is the most terrible of all novels, more terrible than Oliver Twist, or Victor Hugo's most startling effects, for the simple reason that it is more real. It has all the solemn ghastliness of truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.