Summertime Classics

By Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Theodor Storm, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rabindranath Tagore, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Giovanni Boccaccio, Confucius, George MacDonald, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, George Eliot, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Hardy, Jonathan Swift, Edith Wharton, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, William Dean Howells, Kalidasa, Kenneth Grahame, Marcel Proust, Washington Irving, Juan Valera, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Gaston Leroux, Charles Baudelaire, William Makepeace Thackeray, Voltaire, Kate Chopin, Apuleius, John Milton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Frederick Douglass, Laozi, John Keats, James Joyce, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Kahlil Gibran, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Princess Der Ling, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Barrie, T. S. Eliot, L. M. Montgomery, C. S. Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, H. P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Lewis Wallace, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, George Bernard Shaw, Mary Shelley, Cao Xueqin, Émile Zola, Valmiki, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, P. B. Shelley, Herman Hesse, Dante, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Inazo Nitobe, George Weedon Grossmith, Willkie Collins, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Honoré de Balzac, Benito Pérez Galdós, Walter Sir Scott, G.K. Chesterton, Miguel de Cervantes, Elizabeth von Arnim & Sonne Tzu

Summertime Classics - Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Theodor Storm, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rabindranath Tagore, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Walt Whitman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Giovanni Boccaccio, Confucius, George MacDonald, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, Herman Melville, George Eliot, Laurence Sterne, Thomas Hardy, Jonathan Swift, Edith Wharton, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, William Dean Howells, Kalidasa, Kenneth Grahame, Marcel Proust, Washington Irving, Juan Valera, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Gaston Leroux, Charles Baudelaire, William Makepeace Thackeray, Voltaire, Kate Chopin, Apuleius, John Milton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Frederick Douglass, Laozi, John Keats, James Joyce, Ann Ward Radcliffe, Kahlil Gibran, Kakuzo Okakura, Soseki Natsume, Princess Der Ling, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Barrie, T. S. Eliot, L. M. Montgomery, C. S. Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, H. P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Lewis Wallace, Ivan Turgenev, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, George Bernard Shaw, Mary Shelley, Cao Xueqin, Émile Zola, Valmiki, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, P. B. Shelley, Herman Hesse, Dante, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Inazo Nitobe, George Weedon Grossmith, Willkie Collins, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Honoré de Balzac, Benito Pérez Galdós, Walter Sir Scott, G.K. Chesterton, Miguel de Cervantes, Elizabeth von Arnim & Sonne Tzu
  • Release Date: 2023-03-23
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature

Description

Summertime Classics offers an expansive journey through the literary epochs and styles that have shaped world literature. The anthology brings together the narrative mastery of iconic figures from Goethe's romanticism to Twain's humor, and Poe's gothic intensity to Austen's social realism. An exploration of thematic diversity, it inclines towards universal human experiences—love, ambition, morality, and the mysterious forces of nature—all conjured through a myriad of stylistic approaches. The collection excels in its ability to contrast the distinct worldviews that these authors engage with, thereby allowing readers a panoramic view of cultural and philosophical dialogues through time. The compendium is enriched by the variety of its authors' backgrounds, hailing from every corner of the artistic and intellectual world. Engaging with movements ranging from Enlightenment thought to Victorian idealism and beyond, these writers collectively address themes that transcend their temporal settings. From Confucius's wisdoms to Whitman's poetic embrace of democracy and nature, each piece contributes layers to the overarching quilt of human discovery and introspection. The editors have curated these works to highlight not only individual brilliance but the collective richness of voices that profoundly engage with the shared human condition. For readers seeking a gateway into global literary landscapes, Summertime Classics stands as an invaluable treasure. This anthology offers a multifaceted exposure to the narratives and philosophies that continue to resonate through the corridors of time. It invites readers to immerse themselves in the evolving conversations between these legendary thinkers, serving as both a profound educational resource and a platform for exploring the complexities of human thought across cultures. A diverse, thought-provoking collection, it beckons those eager to explore the interplay of various themes and perspectives within a single, enriching volume.