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Harvard Classics eBook Series

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  • Harvard Classics Volume 27

    English Essays: Sidney To Macaulay

    by Sir Philip Sidney, Golden Deer Classics, Ben Jonson, Abraham Cowley, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Sydney Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Babington Macaulay ...
    Series Book 27 - Harvard Classics
    Contents: 1. The Defense Of Poesy, by Sir Philip Sidney 2. On Shakespeare and On Bacon, by Ben Jonson 3. Of Agriculture, by Abraham Cowley 4. The Vision Of Mirza and Westminster Abbey, by Joseph Addison 5. The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele 6. Hints Towards An Essay On Conversation, A Treatise On Good Manners And Good Breeding, A Letter Of Advice To A Young Poet and On The Death Of Esther ... Read more

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  • Utopia

    by Thomas More ...
    Designedly fantastic in suggestion of details, “Utopia” is the work of a scholar who had read Plato’s “Republic,” and had his fancy quickened after reading Plutarch’s account of Spartan life under Lycurgus. Beneath the veil of an ideal communism, into which there has been worked some witty extravagance, there lies a noble English argument. Sometimes More puts the case as of France when he means ... Read more

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  • Works Of Samuel Johnson: Rasselas, Prince Of Abyssinia, A Grammar Of The English Tongue, Preface To Shakespeare, Lives Of The English Poets And More (Mobi Collected Works)

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.Table of ContentsThe Adventurer and Idler 1753-54; 1758-60A Grammar of the English TongueA Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland 1775Lives of the English ... Read more

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  • Shakespeare Criticism and Commentary: 24 Books

    by Charles Algernon Swinburne ...
    This book-collection file includes: The Age of Shakespeare by Swinburne, Bacon is Shake-speare by Durning-Lawrence, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbit, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Rudd, Is Shakespeare Dead? by Mark Twain, The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris, Notes to Shakespeare volume 1 Comedies and volume 3 ... Read more

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  • The Spectator (Complete)

    by Joseph Addison ...
    When Richard Steele, in number 555 of his ‘Spectator’, signed its last paper and named those who had most helped him ‘to keep up the spirit of so long and approved a performance,’ he gave chief honour to one who had on his page, as in his heart, no name but Friend. This was ‘the gentleman of whose assistance I formerly boasted in the Preface And concluding Leaf of my ‘Tatlers’. I am indeed much ... Read more

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  • A Tale of a Tub

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook ... Read more

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  • A Tale of the Tub

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    A Tale of a Tub was written by Jonathan Swift and first published in 1704, it was his first novel ever written. The Tale is a prose parody which is divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representing one of the main branches of Christianity.The "tale" presents a consistent satire of religious excess, while the digressions are a series of parodies of contemporary ... Read more

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  • Consolation in the Face of Death

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, perception and wit that made Johnson the leading man of letters of his day, and one of the finest essayists in the English language.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have ... Read more

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  • The Major Works of Samuel Johnson

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    As a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, Samuel Johnson's contributions to English literature cannot be understated. His single greatest achievement is widely considered to be his "Dictionary of the English Language," which after nine years of research was first published in 1755. Until the publication of the "Oxford English Dictionary" over a century ... Read more

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  • A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal and Other Satires" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against the Abolishment of Christianity, A Modest Proposal, A True and Faithful Narrative, A Meditation Upon a Broomstick, Predictions for the Year 1708, and The Accomplishment of the ... Read more

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  • A Tale Of A Tub

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    A Tale of a Tub" is a well known allegorical work and a crystal clear affirmation of Swift's misanthropy with striking religious satire on all human races. It has stirring stylistic impact on its reader due its astuteness of language. Stimulating and thought-provoking! ... Read more

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  • Preface to Shakespeare

    Enriched edition. A Comprehensive Guide to Shakespearean Criticism and Literary Analysis by an 18th-century Scholar

    by Samuel Johnson, Xavier Sutton ...
    In his seminal work, "Preface to Shakespeare," Samuel Johnson offers a profound exploration of Shakespeare's plays, melding literary criticism with a rich historical context. Johnson's eloquent prose reflects the 18th-century Enlightenment ideals, emphasizing reason and human experience while simultaneously celebrating the complexities of Shakespeare's characters and themes. He deftly navigates ... Read more

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