please note:
this edition is currently still in development
All books into which the novel is divided are now available. They have been scanned in, checked for obvious scanning errors (which have been corrected), marked up with basic typographic indicators and then converted to HTML by my home-grown processor program. Finally they have been proof-read against the 1899 London edition of the text – typographical errors in the source which have been corrected in this edition are detailed in a note on the text.
If you want to start reading you can go straight to the start of the novel. Each of the ten books is on a separate page and there is a link at the foot of each page to the next page (except, of course, on the last page).
Also now available are broad and detailed synopses of the plot and the beginnings of a bibliography. As yet there are no notes or discussion but I aim to finish these annotations by the end of 2000, if other work permits.
If you spot any corrections which need to be made I would be delighted to hear from you by email. For corrections please give details of the book and chapter, the current text (so that I can find it!) and the emendation required; thank you.
Adrian Dover
this introduction © 1999 Adrian Dover