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180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol2) - cover

180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol2)

Edgar Allan Poe, Benito Pérez Galdós, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henrik Ibsen, Wilkie Collins, D. H. Lawrence, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Anthony Trollope, Laozi Laozi, Kate Chopin, James Fenimore Cooper, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Laurence Sterne, George MacDonald, Lewis Wallace, William Dean Howells, Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola, Henry Fielding, George Bernard Shaw, Benjamin Franklin, Walter Scott, Theodor Storm, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Edgar Wallace, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Ivan Turgenev, G. K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, Virginia Woolf, John Buchan, Rabindranath Tagore, Jerome K. Jerome, W.B. Yeats, Kenneth Grahame, Kakuzo Okakura, E. M. Forster, H. G. Wells, Nikolái Gógol, William Walker Atkinson, Elizabeth von Arnim, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Cao Xueqin, Emile Coué, L. M. Montgomery, James Joyce, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Dante, Thomas Hardy, Jules Verne, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Leo Tolstoy, Gaston Leroux, P. B. Shelley, John Milton, George Weedon Grossmith, Machiavelli, Stendhal, Confucius, W. Somerset Maugham, Gustave Flaubert, Ford Madox Ford, Homer Homer

Maison d'édition: DigiCat

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Exploring a tapestry of human emotion, morality, and philosophical inquiry, '180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die (Vol.2)' offers a rich array of literary styles that have shaped world literature. Assembled in this collection are seminal works that span genres, from the Gothic and the Romantic to the Realist and Modernist epochs. The anthology encapsulates the cultural zeitgeist of their respective eras while delivering diverse narrative styles and philosophical depths—featuring pieces that ring with the symphonic quality of Goethe's lyricism and the psychological cliffhangers reminiscent of Dostoyevsky's penmanship. Curated to include an illustrious roster of literary giants, this volume melds the wisdom of Confucius and Laozi with the adventurous tales of Dumas and Verne, providing a formidable canvas that captures both Eastern and Western narratives. With contributors who have ardently engaged with movements as varied as the Enlightenment and Existentialism, this anthology breathes life into topics ranging from individualism and social justice to existential dreams and rooted cultural traditions, rendering it not only a historical mirror but a living dialogue across time and space. To engage with this collection is to undertake a profound scholarly journey. This anthology provides an illuminating dive into a spectrum of ideological insights and narrative ingenuity, beckoning both the casual reader and the seasoned scholar. It invites exploration of its myriad perspectives and encourages contemplation of the rich literary tapestry woven through these incredible stories, which continue to resonate with intellectual and emotional significance, ensuring its place as an essential addition to any literary collection.
Disponible depuis: 12/11/2023.
Longueur d'impression: 27945 pages.

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