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The Ultimate Summer Read Collection - 150 Everlasting Masterpieces of the World Literature
Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, Benito Pérez Galdós, William Shakespeare, Juan Valera, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Alcott May, 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, Harriett 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, Turgenev Ivan, 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, Inazô 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, Milton John, George Weedon Grossmith, Stendhal, Confucius, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Sir Walter Scott, Homer Homer
Publisher: Good Press
Summary
The Ultimate Summer Read Collection stands as a monumental anthology that traverses time, culture, and genre, bringing together an unparalleled array of literary giants from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to F. Scott Fitzgerald. This anthology explores the vast landscapes of human emotion, from the darkest corners of the soul to the lightest touch of love, all while showcasing a diversity in style that ranges from the poetic to the prosaic, the fantastical to the factual. Notable for its ambitious scope, the collection allows readers to embark on a literary journey that includes the intricate philosophical narratives of Plato, the rich, gothic imaginings of Bram Stoker, and the masterful plays of William Shakespeare, providing a testament to the enduring power and diversity of written expression. The contributing authors and editors are titans of literature, each bringing their unique voice and cultural background to the anthology, thus offering a kaleidoscopic view of human life and civilization. Spanning centuries and continents, the works included resonate with the movements of Romanticism, Realism, the Enlightenment, and Modernism, among others. The collective contribution of these authors not only defines the literary zeitgeist of their respective eras but also presents a layered and comprehensive exploration of the themes of love, conflict, discovery, and identity, making this collection a cornerstone for understanding the evolution of literature and its response to societys shifting values. The Ultimate Summer Read Collection is recommended for anyone with an appetite for literary exploration and an interest in the dialogue between different epochs and cultures. It offers readers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the thoughts and imaginations of some of historys most profound writers, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the complexities of the human condition through the lens of literature. This anthology promises not just a summer read but a timeless venture into the heart of storytelling, making it an essential addition to the libraries of avid readers, scholars, and casual explorers of the written word alike.