A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol. XXI (Forty-Five Volumes); Jefferson-KinglakeCosimo, Inc., 1 janv. 2008 - 408 pages Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world. Highlights from Volume 21 include: . the writings of Thomas Jefferson, including the Declaration of Independence . the letters of Samuel Johnson . the writings of Ben Jonson . selections from the historical writings of Josephus . selections from Juvenal . excerpts from the Kabbalah . the philosophy of Immanuel Kant . the poems of John Keats . the religious devotions of Thomas Kempis . and much, much more. |
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SARAH ORNE JEWETT 1849 | 8269 |
SAMUEL JOHNSON 17091784 | 8283 |
From The Vanity of Human Wishes | 8290 |
To James Boswell Esq Three Letters | 8297 |
Old Age and Death same | 8304 |
JOSEPH JOUBERT 17541824 | 8385 |
SYLVESTER JUDD 18131853 | 8399 |
A D ?140 A D ? | 8411 |
THE KABBALAH | 8425 |
THE KALEVALA | 8443 |
KALIDASA Presumably Sixth Century A D | 8455 |
IMMANUEL KANT 17241804 | 8477 |
A Comparison of the Beautiful with the Pleasant and | 8486 |
RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON 1822 | 8317 |
MAURICE JÓKAI 1825 | 8331 |
BEN JONSON 15731637 | 8341 |
To the Memory of my Beloved Master William Shakespeare | 8347 |
Soliloquy of Sejanus | 8353 |
An Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy | 8359 |
Of Reason in General The Critique of Pure Reason | 8493 |
JOHN KEBLE 17921866 | 8513 |
THOMAS À KEMPIS 13801471 | 8529 |
Of the Desire of Eternal Life and How Great are | 8537 |
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