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CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME - 150 Books: Romeo and Juliet Emma Vanity Fair Middlemarch Tom Sawyer Faust Notre Dame de Paris Dubliners Odyssey - cover

CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME - 150 Books: Romeo and Juliet Emma Vanity Fair Middlemarch Tom Sawyer Faust Notre Dame de Paris Dubliners Odyssey

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, 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 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, Víctor 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, Walter Scott, Homer Homer

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME brings together a diverse array of timeless works from some of history'Äôs most esteemed writers, providing readers with a panoramic view of literary styles and themes. From philosophical musings to thrilling adventures, and from heartwarming tales to profound social commentary, this anthology captures the essence of classic literature as it traverses different eras and cultures. Standout pieces within this collection harness the power of narrative to explore universal questions about humanity, society, and our place in the world, each offering a unique taste of the author'Äôs vision and style. The anthology assembles works from a kaleidoscope of literary figures including Goethe, Shakespeare, Austen, and Dostoyevsky, each contributing a piece that connects with a larger narrative thread of human experience. These authors hail from varied historical and cultural backgrounds, offering snapshots of their respective eras, from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and beyond. Their collective voices resonate with the cultural, political, and social nuances of their times, making this anthology a fertile ground for exploring the intersections of different literary movements. Whether you are a seasoned reader or new to classic literature, CLASSICS FOR SUMMERTIME offers a unique journey through literary history. It is an invitation to explore a multitude of perspectives and styles, each piece a reflection of its time yet resonating with contemporary relevance. Readers will find educational value in the breadth of insights offered, and the anthology's dialogic nature will enrich their understanding and appreciation of these timeless works, encouraging reflection and discourse about the continued impact of classic literature.
Available since: 12/18/2023.
Print length: 47069 pages.

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