The Giants of Literature
By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Theodor Storm, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Honoré de Balzac, 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, 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, Benito Pérez Galdós, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Rudyard Kipling, William Dean Howells, Kalidasa, Marcel Proust, Washington Irving, 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, 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, Herman Hesse, Dante, Inazo Nitobe, George Weedon Grossmith, Willkie Collins, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, G.K. Chesterton, Miguel de Cervantes, Elizabeth von Arnim & Sonne Tzu
- Release Date: 2023-07-16
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
The Giants of Literature is an unparalleled anthology that traverses the vast landscape of literary masterpieces, offering a broad spectrum of themes that range from human passion and societal critique to imagination and existential inquiry. This comprehensive collection, curated by a staggering array of illustrious authors spanning centuries and continents, encapsulates the quintessential elements of Western and Eastern traditions, thus reflecting both the diversity and universality of the human experience. Noteworthy pieces navigate the complexities of the human psyche and societal structures, blending various literary styles from the romanticism of Victor Hugo to the realism of Gustave Flaubert and the introspective musings of Rabindranath Tagore. The anthology features contributions from an eclectic mix of authors, from philosophical sages like Laozi and Marcus Aurelius to novelistic pioneers such as Jane Austen and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. These literary giants have collectively shaped the cultural and ideological paradigms through their engagement with major historical and literary movements, such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism. Their diverse voices converse across the pages, offering nuanced perspectives enriched by their unique cultural backgrounds and personal experiences, thus providing a comprehensive understanding of the shared and divergent narratives that define human existence. The Giants of Literature beckons readers into an immersive journey through the corridors of literary genius, presenting a rare opportunity to explore an awe-inspiring tapestry of artistic brilliance within a single volume. Both seasoned scholars and adventurous enquirers will find educational merit and profound insight in its pages, as the anthology fosters meaningful dialogue across cultures, eras, and ideologies. Experience the profound breadth of the human condition as expressed by literature’s most cherished voices, and uncover revelations that may transform your understanding of both the world and yourself.
