Classics for Holiday Season
By William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray, P. B. Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Keats, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Von Arnim, D. H. Lawrence, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bram Stoke, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, C. S. Lewis, George Weedon Grossmith, H.G. Wells, Willkie Collins, G. K. Chesterton, E. M. Forster, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame, George MacDonald, James Matthew Barrie, Mark Twain, Jack London, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Kahlil Gibran, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Lewis Wallace, L.M. Montgomery, Homer, Plato, Apuleius, Marcus Aurelius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Hesse, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jules Verne, Marcel Proust, Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Gaston Leroux, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Voltaire, Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, Émile Zola, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol, Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Pérez Galdós, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Kalidasa, Valmiki, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Confucius, Cao Xueqin, Princess Der Ling, Inazo Nitobe, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Dean Howells, Washington Irving, L. Frank Baum, Theodor Storm, Juan Valera & Rudyard Kipling
- Release Date: 2020-12-17
- Genre: Classics
Description
'Classics for the Holiday Season' is an exquisite anthology that bridges time and cultures, weaving together a tapestry of narratives that span from the wisdom of Ancient philosophers like Plato and Laozi to the poignant modernism of James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This carefully curated collection features a diverse array of literary styles including epic poetry, classic novels, philosophical treatises, and pioneering short stories. As readers journey through this volume, they encounter the rich tableau of human emotion and intellectual pursuit, illuminated by literary greats such as Dante, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy. Standout pieces reflect the thematic diversity of love, war, societal norms, and spiritual quests, providing a comprehensive glimpse into the human condition through the ages. The contributing authors and editors, with backgrounds steeped in the literary traditions of their respective eras, collectively champion the anthology's overarching theme of human exploration and experience. Figures like Herman Melville and Charles Dickens provide a stark commentary on societal issues while Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters delve into the intricacies of personal relations and societal expectations. This collection does not merely recount stories from different times and places; it echoes the evolving nature of narrative forms and the very essence of storytelling which are hallmarks of significant cultural and literary movements across centuries. 'Classics for the Holiday Season' comes highly recommended for its unique ability to encapsulate the breadth of human experience in a single volume. Seasoned readers and newcomers alike will find educational value and emotional resonance in its pages. It invites one to reflect on the narrative threads that connect diverse civilizations and historical periods. This anthology is not just a literary exploration—it's a global conversation, offering invaluable perspectives that encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of universal themes. Dive into this literary feast and savor the dialogue between some of the greatest minds in literary history.
