A Library of the World's Best LiteratureCosimo, Inc., 1. jan. 2009 - 370 sider It would be enough to recommend this astonishing, 45-volume set, first published in 1896, if it were merely a wonderfully massive compilation of the world's best writings from the world's best authors up until the advent of the 20th century. But A Library of the World's Best Literature is so much more than that. For this marvelous collection represents the evolution of human thought-the evolution of human civilization, even-as seen through the mind of one of the most important, if sadly almost forgotten, literary figures of the 19th century. 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. And so it still deserves to be. Arranged not chronologically but alphabetically, mostly under the names of authors but in some cases of literatures or special subjects-such as Icelandic literature or Arthurian legend-this set is no dry reference work. These eminently browsable volumes-available through Cosimo for the first time in decades in both paperback and hardcover editions-are meant to be read and enjoyed by anyone who loves the written word. Volume 45 features more synopses of notable works-from Adam Bede by George Eliot to Zury; The Meanest Man in Spring County by Joseph Kirkland-including many not previously referenced in the set but highlighted as well worth a serious reader's time and attention. This volume also includes a General Index to the 45-volume set. |
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Life and Pontificate of Leo X | 444 |
Appletons Cyclopaedias 446 | 446 |
Leon Roch B P Galdos 409 | 450 |
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | 452 |
Pastor Fido II C B Guarini 433 | 453 |
As You Like It Shakespeare 391 | 455 |
Winters Tale A Shakespeare 399 | 457 |
Life of Sheridan Mrs Oliphant 354 | 459 |
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Wild Irish Girl The Lady Morgan 438 | 404 |
King Rents Daughter Henrik Hertz 541 | 405 |
Shirley Charlotte Bronte | 410 |
Lady Beauty Alan Muir 530 | 411 |
Education Herbert Spencer 537 | 413 |
Life of Charles Dickens John Forster 346 | 425 |
Eikon Basilike John Gauden 375 | 427 |
Only a Girl Wilhelmine von Hillern 347 | 432 |
Six Days of Creation Tayler Lewis 459 | 437 |
Lady of Quality A Mrs Burnett 537 | 439 |
Pan Michael Henryk Sienkiewicz 457 | 441 |
Three Musketeers | 461 |
Ersilia Emily F Poynter 538 | 463 |
With the Procession Henry B Fuller 552 | 470 |
Through the Dark Continent | 478 |
Life of Tennyson Hallam Tennyson | 483 |
Treatise on Painting Leonardo da Vinci 436 | 485 |
Wives and Daughters Mrs Gaskell | 488 |
Upanishads The 416 | 491 |
File No 113 Emile Gaboriau 348 | 494 |
Lord Ormont and his Aminta | 496 |
Voltaire Life of James Parton | 521 |
Rab and his Friends John Brown | 524 |
Woman in the Nineteenth Century | 530 |
Wages of Sin The Lucas Malet 481 | 545 |
Ramona Helen Jackson | 550 |
Tale of Two Cities A | 551 |
Letters from Egypt Last | 554 |
Yemassee The W G Simms 407 | 561 |
Foundations of Belief The A J Balfour 344 | 566 |
ZendAvesta The 418 | xxxii |
French Humorists The Walter Besant 348 | xxxviii |
Reference Works of 444 | lx |
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