The Greatest Classics of All Time - Timeless Masterpieces: A Literary Journey Through the Ages
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, Kahlil 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, 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 Calderón de la Barca, Sun Tzu, Inazo 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: Good Press
Summary
The Greatest Classics of All Time offers an unparalleled journey through the epochs of literary achievement, showcasing a rich tapestry of themes and genres from the pens of the world's most revered authors. From the existential musings of Dostoyevsky to the innovative adventures of Verne, the anthology transcends temporal and cultural boundaries. Woven within its pages are tales of human folly, triumph, and the intricate dance between fate and free will. The stylistic diversity is as expansive as the authors' backgrounds, promising readers an immersive experience into the shifting paradigms of literature. Curated by a distinguished assembly of timeless voices, the collection is a testament to the universality of the human condition as explored by literary giants such as Shakespeare and Austen, alongside the philosophical introspections of Plato and Laozi. The anthology aligns itself with significant cultural and literary movements, drawing from traditions as varied as Confucian teachings and Romanticism, offering the reader an enriched understanding of the themes that have shaped human thought and creativity. This anthology is an invitation to explore a confluence of perspectives that challenge and enlighten the reader, offering educational depth and a symphony of insights from past to present. Every page is a dialogue between great minds, urging both Enlightenment and Romantic reflection. Readers are encouraged to delve into The Greatest Classics of All Time for its ability to educate, provoke thought, and inspire wonder across a bounty of literary landscapes, crafting an invaluable resource for anyone seeking a comprehensive narrative of the human experience.
Available since: 12/30/2023.
Print length: 40892 pages.
