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Book Famous English Authors of the Nineteenth Century  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Famous English Authors of the Nineteenth Century Classic Reprint written by Sarah K. Bolton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous English Authors of the Nineteenth Century I have endeavored to give simply and clearly a full and fair sketch of the life and works of each person. It would be gratifying, did the limits of this volume permit, to include in the list of authors several others, especially Keats, Macaulay, Thackeray, and Matthew Arnold. Sketches Of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith can be found in Poor Boys who became Famous; George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Jean Ingelow, in Girls who became Famous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book English Literature of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book English Literature of the Nineteenth Century written by Charles Dexter Cleveland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's "Compendium of English Literature," and Supplementary to It The second marked change in my book results, of course, from the necessity of keeping abreast with the intellectual progress of the age, - the busiest-brained generation the world has ever known. During the last fourteen years, a large number of authors have emerged, from greater or less obscurity of reputa tion, into assured prominence in their several departments of literature; and one of my most delicate tasks has been to set forth in these pages a just record of such developments; and no effort has been spared to determine fairly, as far as I could, the comparative attitude, as well as the absolute literary status, of every prominent writer. That this has been, all along, a work of great and constant difficulty and embarrassment, I need hardly say; that I shall secure a unanimous verdict in favor of my suc cess upon this point, it would be idle to hope; but of this I 'feel sure, that the most lenient criticism will be extended to me from those who have most widely viewed and critically examined this illimitable field. There is one new feature of the present edition which, I am confident, will be universally acceptable, - the Supplementary Lists of secondary authors, alphabetically arranged and ap pended to each decade, with short notices of their chief works. They are classed as secondary only in a comparative sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book English Literature of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book English Literature of the Nineteenth Century written by Charles Dexter Cleveland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's "Compendium of English Literature" And Supplementary to It; Designed for Colleges and Advanced Classes in Schools, as Well as for Private Reading The second marked change in my book results, of course, from the necessity of keeping abreast with the intellectual progress of the age, - the busiest-brained generation the world has ever known. During the last fourteen 'years, a large number of authors have emerged, from greater or less obscurity of reputa tion, into assured prominence in their several departments of literature; and one of my most delicate tasks has been to set fifth in these pages a just record of such developments; and no emirt has been spared to determine fairly, as far as I could, the Mpamtive attitude, as well as the absolute literary status, of every prominent writer. That this has been, all along, a work Of great and constant difficulty and embarrassment, I need hardly I that I shall secure a unanimous verdict in favor of my sue eess upon this point, it would be idle to hepc; but of this I feel sure, that the most lenient criticism will be extended to me from those who have most widely viewed and critically examined this inimitable field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Five Great Authors

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  • Author : William L. Felter
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2018-01-30
  • ISBN : 9780267241699
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Five Great Authors written by William L. Felter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Five Great Authors: Complete Characteristic Selections From the Works of Irving, Hawthorne, Soon, Dickens, Hugo When the time that can be given to the study of literature is limited, it is Often better to study the works of several authors than to give all one's time to the study of one only. This book includes selections from five famous authors. The selections are representative, and the authors are representa tive too. That is, from these stories and extracts we may form a fair idea of the literary character and position of the men who wrote them. And the men who wrote these pieces are among the greatest writers of our century. Washington Irving was the first American man of letters who made himself a reputation abroad as well as at home he remains the representative of the earlier literature Of our country. Hawthorne is our greatest romancer he was not under stood and appreciated early in his career, but by this time he is universally known and loved by us. Sir Walter Scott is the most famous of English novelists his Waverley Novels form an epoch in the literary history of the nineteenth century. Dickens, some twenty years after Scott, repeated Scott's success from his first great book to his last he filled a place in the minds of English readers second to none. Victor Hugo is the one great name in the French literature of our century which overtops every other no other man can stand for modern French literature as properly as he. If, then, we are to make a beginning in forming a taste for good literature, these men are as good men as we can find. If these extracts send their readers to the works of their authors, they will do a great service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book A History of Nineteenth Century Literature

Download or read book A History of Nineteenth Century Literature written by George Edward Bateman Saintsbury and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Authors of All Ages

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  • Author : S. Austin Allibone
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-12-02
  • ISBN : 9780260953377
  • Pages : 564 pages

Download or read book Great Authors of All Ages written by S. Austin Allibone and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections From the Prose Works of Eminent Writers From the Time of Pericles to the Present Day I. A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century, containing over Forty - six Thousand Articles (authors); with Forty Indexes of Subjects. Royal 8vo, 3 vols, pp. 3139. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott co., 1858 - 70 - 7 1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book English Prose From Bacon to Hardy  Classic Reprint

Download or read book English Prose From Bacon to Hardy Classic Reprint written by Edmund Kemper Broadus and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Prose From Bacon to Hardy The selections in this book have been chosen with two purposes - firstly, to give ample representation to each author included, and, secondly, to limit the number of authors so that the book may not be too bulky to serve as a text-book in courses on the history of English literature. Owing to the inclusion of minor writers, many volumes of selections present the student with too large and complex a mass of material. Other books, confining themselves to one type of prose such as the essay, are too narrow in their scope for use in courses on literary history. The plan adopted here has necessitated the omission of many authors. For example, Burton, De Quincey, Landor, Newman, Pater, and others have not been given because, by reason of style or subject, they can hardly be considered as representative figures. Other writers, such as Fuller, Sir William Temple, and Leigh Hunt, have been omitted because their main characteristics are sufficiently represented in one of their greater contemporaries. The novelists have been represented by adequate selections from those writers only who arc most important in the tradition and development of the novel. Boswell's Life of Johnson has been passed over because the book, effective by its mass, can hardly have justice done it by an extract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Classic Reprint written by Jules Verne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century IN present volume to the English public, the Translator Wishes to thank the Rev. Andrew Carter for the very great assistance given by him in tracing all quotations from English, German, and other authors to the original sources, and for his untiring aid in the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Lost in the Funhouse

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  • Author : John Barth
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2014-06-25
  • ISBN : 0804152500
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Lost in the Funhouse written by John Barth and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • John Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction exploring themes of purpose and the meaning of existence. "[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." —The New York Times From its opening story, "Frame-Tale"--printed sideways and designed to be cut out by the reader and twisted into a never-ending Mobius strip--to the much-anthologized "Life-Story," whose details are left to the reader to "fill in the blank," Barth's acclaimed collection challenges our ideas of what fiction can do. Highlights include the Homerian story-wthin-a-story-within-a-story (times seven) of "Menalaiad,' and "Night-Sea Journey," a first-person account of a confused human sperm on its way to fertilize an egg. All of the characters in Lost in the Funhouse are searching, in one way or another, for their purpose and the meaning of their existence. Together, their stories form a kaleidescope of exuberant metafictional inventiveness.

Book Victorian Publishing

Download or read book Victorian Publishing written by Alexis Weedon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on research into the book-production records of twelve publishers-including George Bell & Son, Richard Bentley, William Blackwood, Chatto & Windus, Oliver & Boyd, Macmillan, and the book printers William Clowes and T&A Constable - taken at ten-year intervals from 1836 to 1916, this book interprets broad trends in the growth and diversity of book publishing in Victorian Britain. Chapters explore the significance of the export trade to the colonies and the rising importance of towns outside London as centres of publishing; the influence of technological change in increasing the variety and quantity of books; and how the business practice of literary publishing developed to expand the market for British and American authors. The book takes examples from the purchase and sale of popular fiction by Ouida, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Ewing, and canonical authors such as George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, and Mark Twain. Consideration of the unique demands of the educational market complements the focus on fiction, as readers, arithmetic books, music, geography, science textbooks, and Greek and Latin classics became a staple for an increasing number of publishing houses wishing to spread the risk of novel publication.

Book The Portable Nineteenth Century African American Women Writers

Download or read book The Portable Nineteenth Century African American Women Writers written by Hollis Robbins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark collection documenting the social, political, and artistic lives of African American women throughout the tumultuous nineteenth century. Named one of NPR's Best Books of 2017. The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers is the most comprehensive anthology of its kind: an extraordinary range of voices offering the expressions of African American women in print before, during, and after the Civil War. Edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir, poetry, and essays on feminism, education, and the legacy of African American women writers. Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition, women’s suffrage, temperance, and civil rights, but the thematic center is the intellect and personal ambition of African American women. The diverse selection includes well-known writers like Sojourner Truth, Hannah Crafts, and Harriet Jacobs, as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard, who offers a firsthand account of life in the world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers. Taken together, these incredible works insist that the writing of African American women writers be read, remembered, and addressed. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Book Reading the Nineteenth century Novel

Download or read book Reading the Nineteenth century Novel written by Alison Case and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jane Austen's Persuasion to George Eliot's Middlemarch, the nineteenth century marks the rise of the novel as the dominant form of Western literature. This engaging text offers readers a close analysis of novels that are uniquely representative of the time period, including the work of Austen, Eliot, Scott, Thackeray, Gaskell, Dickens, Trollope, Braddon, and the Brontë sisters. An indispensable resource for students and teachers alike, this accessible guidebook: Places strong emphasis on the distinctive perspectives and discursive practices of narrators Provides in-depth analyses of individual passages Highlights the differences between the assumptions and experiences of the era in which the novels were written and those of the modern reader Draws key distinctions between novelists Explores significant theoretical approaches such as Foucauldian, New Historicist, Postcolonial, and feminist criticism Offers an overview of the social, economic, and political change that was influenced by the fiction of the time.

Book Six French Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book Six French Poets of the Nineteenth Century written by E. H. Blackmore and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Poetry will no longer keep in time with action; it will be ahead of it.' Arthur Rimbaud The active and colourful lives of the poets of nineteenth-century France are reflected in the diversity and vibrancy of their works. At once sacred and profane, passionate and satirical, these remarkable and innovative poems explore the complexities of human emotion and ponder the great questions of religion and art. They form as rich a body of work as any one age and language has ever produced. This unique anthology includes generous selections from the six nineteenth-century French poets most often read in the English-speaking world today: Lamartine, Hugo, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, and Mallarmé. Modern translations are printed opposite the original French verse, and the edition contains over a thousand lines of poetry never previously translated into English.

Book Fictions of British Decadence

Download or read book Fictions of British Decadence written by Kirsten MacLeod and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictions of British Decadence is a fresh account of the emergence, development and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel.

Book Pride and Prejudice

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  • Author : Jane Austen
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-03-15
  • ISBN : 9781530634545
  • Pages : 806 pages

Download or read book Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eyesight not as good as it once was? But you still want to hold and read real books? And you love the great works of literature? Welcome to your discovery of "Classics in Large Print." This new series, making use of the latest in printing methods for seniors and visually impaired readers, is making available many of the greatest books ever written. One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, Pride and Prejudice was penned as a popular entertainment. But the consummate artistry of Jane Austen (1775-1817) transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life that is now regarded as one of the principal treasures of English language.

Book Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on Representative English Authors of the Nineteenth Century  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on Representative English Authors of the Nineteenth Century Classic Reprint written by Henry W. Rolfe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Syllabus of a Course of Six Lectures on Representative English Authors of the Nineteenth Century Macmillan's one-volume edition of the complete works is the best. The best selection is that published in the Golden Treasury Series, with Matthew Arnold's preface. William]. Rolfe's Select Poems of Wordsworth, with introduction, notes, and illustrations, may be recommended to those who desire an inexpensive book. Students who care to make special preparation for the Wordsworth lecture are advised to read and reread I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Lines Written in Early Spring, The Tables Turned Three Years She Grew, and Lines Composed Above Tintern Abbey. It will be better to study these few poems carefully, and commit some of them to memory, than to read more widely and less thoroughly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.