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The Greatest Classics of All Time - cover

The Greatest Classics of All Time

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

Translator Alexander Pope, Andrew Lang, Bayard Taylor, Benjamin Jowett, C. K. Scott Moncrieff, Ellen Marriage, William Adlington, Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Aylmer Maude, Constance Garnett, Lionel Giles, John Payne, James Legge, Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Louise Maude, Ralph T. H. Griffith, Lewis Page Mercier, Thomas Seltzer, Arthur W. Ryder, Havelock Ellis, Helen Zimmern, C.J. Hogarth, Cyril Scott, Edward Fitzgerald, William Robson, William F. Fleming, Isabel Hapgood, Thomas Common, Horace B. Samuel, W. K. Marriott, Stefan Langer, Yasotarō Mōri, Amy Coulter, Semyon Chaichenets, H. W. Longfellow, Miriam S. Knight, Henry Bencraft Joly, Samuel Butler

Publisher: DigiCat

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Summary

The Greatest Classics of All Time is a sweeping anthology that captures the essence of literary history, showcasing an immense range of themes and styles across diverse cultures and eras. This collection traverses the intellectual landscapes of timeless themes such as love, ambition, power, morality, and the human condition, unfolding through a mosaic of narrative forms including novels, poetry, essays, and plays. Each piece in this anthology is carefully selected to represent the zenith of literary achievement, from the mythic epics of Homer to the avant-garde narratives of James Joyce, ensuring that readers experience the vastness and richness of world literature. Among its many treasures, you will find works that challenge perception and incite thought, without singling out individual authors, but embracing the collective genius. This anthology brings together an awe-inspiring array of authors who have collectively shaped the literary landscape. From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's explorations of human character to the philosophical depth of Euripides, alongside modern insights from Rabindranath Tagore and the trenchant wit of Oscar Wilde, each contributor adds to the tapestry of literary tradition. Representing a myriad of historical, cultural, and literary movements, the anthology highlights voices from Romanticism, Realism, and the Enlightenment, among others, inviting readers into the philosophical debates of their times. These authors and their works engage in a dynamic dialogue, enriching the anthology's central themes with their unique perspectives and literary prowess. This compendium, The Greatest Classics of All Time, is an unparalleled opportunity for readers both seasoned and new to immerse themselves in a veritable feast of literary excellence. Within a single volume, encounter a multitude of perspectives, vivid storytelling, and profound thematic insights that enlighten and entertain. The anthology serves not only as a cornerstone for educational enrichment but also as a joyful exploration of the diversity of human experience captured through time. Allow yourself to be transported across continents and centuries, engaging with narratives that continue to resonate and provoke thought, ensuring this collection's position as an indispensable addition to any library.
Available since: 11/13/2022.
Print length: 40892 pages.

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