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Classics for Holiday Season - 150 Timeless Masterpieces of World Literature in One Volume - cover

Classics for Holiday Season - 150 Timeless Masterpieces of 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, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Brontë, Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, L. Frank Baum, Emily Brontë, Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Niccolo 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 Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Shelley, Ivan Turguenev, 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, Nikolái Gógol, Arthur Conan Doyle, C. S. Lewis, Inazo Nitobe, 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, Bram Stoke, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer

Publisher: Musaicum Books

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Summary

'Classics for the Holiday Season' is an exquisite anthology that bridges time and cultures, weaving together a tapestry of narratives that span from the wisdom of Ancient philosophers like Plato and Laozi to the poignant modernism of James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This carefully curated collection features a diverse array of literary styles including epic poetry, classic novels, philosophical treatises, and pioneering short stories. As readers journey through this volume, they encounter the rich tableau of human emotion and intellectual pursuit, illuminated by literary greats such as Dante, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy. Standout pieces reflect the thematic diversity of love, war, societal norms, and spiritual quests, providing a comprehensive glimpse into the human condition through the ages. The contributing authors and editors, with backgrounds steeped in the literary traditions of their respective eras, collectively champion the anthology's overarching theme of human exploration and experience. Figures like Herman Melville and Charles Dickens provide a stark commentary on societal issues while Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters delve into the intricacies of personal relations and societal expectations. This collection does not merely recount stories from different times and places; it echoes the evolving nature of narrative forms and the very essence of storytelling which are hallmarks of significant cultural and literary movements across centuries. 'Classics for the Holiday Season' comes highly recommended for its unique ability to encapsulate the breadth of human experience in a single volume. Seasoned readers and newcomers alike will find educational value and emotional resonance in its pages. It invites one to reflect on the narrative threads that connect diverse civilizations and historical periods. This anthology is not just a literary exploration—it's a global conversation, offering invaluable perspectives that encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of universal themes. Dive into this literary feast and savor the dialogue between some of the greatest minds in literary history.
Available since: 12/17/2020.
Print length: 47072 pages.

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