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The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die - Leaves of Grass Siddhartha Dubliners Les Misérables Don Quixote Art of War Middlemarch Swann's Way… - cover

The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die - Leaves of Grass Siddhartha Dubliners Les Misérables Don Quixote Art of War Middlemarch Swann's Way…

Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Shakespeare, Juan Valera, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Herman Melville, Alexandre Dumas, Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Brontë, Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, L. Frank Baum, Emily Bronte, Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henrik Ibsen, Wilkie Collins, D.H. Lawrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marcus Aurelius, Laozi Laozi, Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Frederick Douglass, William Makepeace Thackeray, Laurence Sterne, Anne Brontë, George MacDonald, Lewis Wallace, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Keats, William Dean Howells, Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola, Henry Fielding, Anton Chekhov, Marcel Proust, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Baudelaire, Theodor Storm, Sun Tzu, H. P. Lovecraft, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Willa Cather, Edith Warton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley, Ivan Turgenev, G.K. Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling, J. M. Barrie, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Rabindranath Tagore, W.B. Yeats, Kahlil Gibran, Kenneth Grahame, Kakuzo Okakura, Hermann Hesse, E. M. Forster, Plato, H. G. Wells, Nikolai Gogol, Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Lewis, Inazo Nitobe, Elizabeth Von Arnim, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Cao Xueqin, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dante, Apuleius, Thomas Hardy, Válmíki, Jack London, Kalidasa, Jules Verne, Soseki Natsume, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Miguel de Cervantes, Leo Tolstoy, Gaston Leroux, P. B. Shelley, Princess Der Ling, John Milton, George & Weedon Grossmith, M. Montgomery, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer

Publisher: DigiCat

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Summary

The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die invites readers to embark on an unparalleled literary journey, showcasing an eclectic array of seminal works that span continents and centuries. This anthology deftly weaves through diverse literary styles and genres, from the philosophical musings of Plato and Confucius to the imaginative tales of Jules Verne and Lewis Carroll. The collection unifies lyrical poetry, epic sagas, critical essays, and poignant narratives—each selection contributing to the rich tapestry of human thought and expression. Together, these curated masterpieces offer a panoramic view of literary brilliance, enticing readers to explore layers of meaning that transcend cultural and temporal boundaries. Bringing together an extraordinary assembly of authors such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Oscar Wilde, and Jane Austen, the anthology represents a diverse chorus of voices from varied backgrounds and epochs. The contributors, many of whom were pivotal figures in historical and literary movements, offer perspectives that range from the revolutionary ideals of Romanticism to the challenging socio-political themes of Realism. This formidable collection positions itself as a guide to understanding the literary passions and innovations that have shaped global cultures, highlighting the universal themes of love, morality, ambition, and adventure that resonate across time. For readers seeking an enriching literary experience, this anthology provides a unique opportunity to delve into a multitude of narratives and insights within a single volume. It is a compendium that promises to engage both the seasoned literary scholar and the curious reader, offering profound educational value alongside entertainment. The Bucket List Collection is more than just a reading catalog; it is an invitation to engage with the great minds of past centuries, fostering dialogue and reflection across diverse cultural landscapes and literary traditions.
Available since: 11/09/2023.
Print length: 47067 pages.

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