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The Greatest Classics of All Time - An Anthology of Timeless Literary Masterpieces and Must-Read Classics for Book Lovers - cover

The Greatest Classics of All Time - An Anthology of Timeless Literary Masterpieces and Must-Read Classics for Book Lovers

Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Shakespeare, Pedro Calderon 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, Emily Brontë, 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, George MacDonald, Lewis Wallace, Robert Louis Stevenson, John Keats, Honoré de Balzac, Émile Zola, Henry Fielding, Anton Chekhov, Marcel Proust, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Baudelaire, Sun Tzu, H. P. Lovecraft, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Mary Shelley, Ivan Turgenev, G.K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, Rabindranath Tagore, W. B. Yeats, Kahlil Gibran, Kenneth Grahame, Kakuzo Okakura, Herman 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, Válmíki, 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

The Greatest Classics of All Time is a sweeping anthology that celebrates the diversity and depth of literary achievement across centuries and continents. This collection brings together an astonishing variety of themes and styles, from the philosophical musings of Laozi and Plato to the vivid Gothic tales of Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. Central to this collection is the intersection of historical contexts and the transformative power of storytelling. The array of genres'Äîspanning epic poetry, dramatic plays, and narrative fiction'Äîshowcases how storytelling evolves yet remains grounded in the human condition's hubris, passions, and moral dilemmas. The anthology pays homage to the legacy of these literary giants by highlighting their profound influence across global literary traditions. The contributing authors, including luminaries like Goethe, Dostoyevsky, and Austen, are chosen for their distinctive contributions to their respective cultural and literary milieus. Their works emerge from diverse backgrounds, including the Romantic, Realist, and Modernist movements, crafting a complex tapestry that reflects the spectrum of human experiences. The collaboration within this volume underscores how these voices, despite originating from disparate epochs and geographies, share a unified quest to explore universal truths. The opportunity to access such an expansive panorama of literary art in one volume is invaluable for readers seeking both pleasure and enrichment. This anthology is an intellectual feast that invites readers to engage with the minds of literary innovators and philosophers. Through its assorted narratives and perspectives, The Greatest Classics of All Time offers an unparalleled chance to traverse the profound landscapes of thought, ethics, and imagination, encouraging a dialogue across the changing tides of literature.
Available since: 12/09/2023.
Print length: 40829 pages.

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