The Ultimate Summer Read - Collection of 150 Masterpieces of the World Literature in One Volume

Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Benito Perez Galdos, 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, Niccoló 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, Honore de Balzac, Émile 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, Nikolai Gogol, 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, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer

Summary

Dive into 'The Ultimate Summer Read,' a curated anthology that seamlessly weaves together the diverse voices of the world's most celebrated authors. This remarkable collection explores timeless themes of human experience, offering an eclectic mix of literary styles ranging from the dramatic epics of Homer to the satirical wit of Oscar Wilde. Readers will encounter the haunting mysteries of Edgar Allan Poe, the profound insights of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the poetic reflections of Walt Whitman. The sheer breadth and diversity of the anthology serve to illuminate universal truths, while standout pieces captivate with their unique storytelling and mastercraft narratives. The anthology brings together an unrivaled assemblage of literary giants, each contributing their distinct perspective fostered by varied cultural, historical, and philosophical backgrounds. From the romanticism of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to the realism of Gustave Flaubert and the innovative narratives of Lewis Carroll, each author's voice resonates with their individual experiences and literary movements. The collection honors not only the diversity of thought across centuries and continents but also the shared pursuit of understanding the human condition. For those eager to explore the richness of world literature, 'The Ultimate Summer Read' presents a unique opportunity. It invites readers to embark on a literary journey that spans the span of human history, offering educational insight and a medley of perspectives within one volume. This compilation fosters a dialogue among some of the greatest writers, providing fertile ground for reflection and discovery with every page turned.

Available since: 12/28/2023.

Print length: 47068 pages.

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