The Ultimate Summer Read - Collection of 150 Masterpieces of the World Literature in One Volume
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 Brontë, 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, Honore de Balzac, Émile Zola, Henry Fielding, Anton Chekhov, Marcel Proust, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Baudelaire, Theodor Storm, SUN TZU, H.P. Lovecraft, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Willa Cather, Wharton Edith, 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 Nitobé, Elizabeth von Arnim, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Cao Xueqin, L. M. Montgomery, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dante, Apuleius, Thomas Hardy, Valmiki, 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, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer
Publisher: DigiCat
Summary
The Ultimate Summer Read anthology stands as a monumental collection, encompassing a vast array of literary styles and themes, each piece carefully selected to represent the pinnacle of literary achievement across centuries and continents. This collection does not merely assemble texts; it weaves a rich tapestry of human experience and emotion, reflecting the complexity of life itself. From the existential musings of Dostoyevsky to the whimsical adventures of Lewis Carroll, and the haunting verses of Poe to the evocative landscapes painted by the Brontë sisters, this anthology offers a unique juxtaposition of the fantastical, the realistic, and the revolutionary. The diversity of genres and forms—spanning essays, poetry, novels, and plays—showcases the evolution of literary expression, making it a significant compendium for both the casual reader and the avid scholar. The contributors to this anthology represent a veritable who's who of literary giants. Their backgrounds are as diverse as their writing, hailing from different epochs, cultures, and philosophical schools, yet all are united by the caliber of their craft and their impact on the literary world. This collection serves as a gateway to the exploration of various cultural and historical contexts, from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Plato to the keen observations of Jane Austen and the bold existential explorations of Nietzsche. It highlights how literature can serve as a mirror to the human condition, reflecting the societal shifts and cultural movements that have shaped our world. The anthology aligns with significant literary and cultural movements, including the Romanticism of Goethe and Shelley, the Realism of Flaubert and Eliot, and the Existentialism of Dostoyevsky and Kafka, offering readers a panoramic view of the shifting landscape of literary thought. The Ultimate Summer Read is more than just a collection of texts; it is an invitation to embark on a journey through the annals of literary history. It encourages readers to delve into the depths of each work, to explore the multitude of perspectives, themes, and stylistic innovations contained within. This anthology is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of the human experience as expressed through the art of literature. It offers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the works of literary masters, making it an essential addition to any collection.
Available since: 05/17/2022.
Print length: 47068 pages.
