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The Complete Harvard Classics 2024 Edition [newly updated]

by Benjamin Franklin, Plato, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas á Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Adam Smith, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Anonymous, Aesop, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Homer, Richard Henry Dana Jr, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Confucius, Christian, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of ... Read more

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

by Thomas Carlyle ...

We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did; - on Heroes, namely, and on their reception and performance; what I call Hero-worship and the Heroic in human affairs. Too evidently this is a large topic; deserving quite other ... Read more

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We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they have shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did; - on Heroes, namely, and on their reception and performance; what I call Hero-worship and the Heroic in human affairs. Too evidently this is a large topic; deserving quite other
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The French Revolution A History

by Thomas Carlyle ...

Immerse yourself in the dramatic narrative of Thomas Carlyle’s landmark work, "The French Revolution: A History." This masterful account transports readers to the heart of one of history's most turbulent periods, capturing the fervor, ideals, and chaos that defined the revolution.As you journey through the events that reshaped France, you may wonder: What drove ordinary people to rise against the ... Read more

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Immerse yourself in the dramatic narrative of Thomas Carlyle’s landmark work, "The French Revolution: A History." This masterful account transports readers to the heart of one of history's most turbulent periods, capturing the fervor, ideals, and chaos that defined the revolution.As you journey through the events that reshaped France, you may wonder: What drove ordinary people to rise against the
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Latter-Day Pamphlets

by Thomas Carlyle ...

Latter-Day Pamphlets was a series of "pamphlets" published by Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle in 1850, in vehement denunciation of what he believed to be the political, social, and religious imbecilities and injustices of the period.Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian ... Read more

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Latter-Day Pamphlets was a series of "pamphlets" published by Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle in 1850, in vehement denunciation of what he believed to be the political, social, and religious imbecilities and injustices of the period.Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian
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Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

by Thomas Carlyle ...

"The Tailor Re-tailored." The novel is presented as a manuscript found after the death of a German philosopher named Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, and it purports to be a commentary on the writings of Teufelsdröckh, who presents his philosophy on life, society, and existence. The work is known for its unconventional style and deep philosophical themes."On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" ... Read more

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"The Tailor Re-tailored." The novel is presented as a manuscript found after the death of a German philosopher named Diogenes Teufelsdröckh, and it purports to be a commentary on the writings of Teufelsdröckh, who presents his philosophy on life, society, and existence. The work is known for its unconventional style and deep philosophical themes."On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History"
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Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle (Delphi Classics)

by Thomas Carlyle, Delphi Classics ...

Series Book 20 - Delphi Series Five
The Scottish philosopher, satirist and historian is widely regarded as one of the most important social commentators of his time, whose broad range of works had a lasting influence on his Victorian contemporaries. This comprehensive eBook presents the collected works of Thomas Carlyle, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions ... Read more

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The Scottish philosopher, satirist and historian is widely regarded as one of the most important social commentators of his time, whose broad range of works had a lasting influence on his Victorian contemporaries. This comprehensive eBook presents the collected works of Thomas Carlyle, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions
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Harvard Classics

The Five-Foot Shelf of Books

by Aesop, Dante Alighieri, Hans Christian Andersen, Augustine of Hippo, Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, Francis Bacon, Honoré de Balzac, Francis Beaumont, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Thomas Browne, Robert Browning, John Bunyan, Edmund Burke, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Thomas Carlyle, Benvenuto Cellini, Miguel de Cervantes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Charles Darwin, Alphonse Daudet, Thomas Dekker, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Dryden, Charles W. Eliot, George Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Epictetus, John Fletcher, Theodor Fontane, Benjamin Franklin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Oliver Goldsmith, Jacob Grimm, Edward Everett Hale, Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Homer, Victor Hugo, Washington Irving, Henry James, Ben Jonson, Gottfried Keller, Thomas à Kempis, Alexander L. Kielland, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, Alessandro Manzoni, Christopher Marlowe, Philip Massinger, Guy de Maupassant, John Stuart Mill, John Milton, Thomas More, William Morris, Alfred de Musset, William Allan Neilson, William Penn, Plato, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, George Sand, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Adam Smith, Laurence Sterne, Theodor Storm, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Mark Twain, Juan Valera, Virgil, Izaak Walton, John Webster, John Woolman ...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's ... Read more

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Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's
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History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Frederick the Great (Complete)

by Thomas Carlyle ...

BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 1712. PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT. About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short time in the afternoon, or you might have met him elsewhere at an earlier hour, riding or driving in a rapid business manner on the open roads or through the scraggy woods and avenues of that intricate amphibious ... Read more

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BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 1712. PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT. About fourscore years ago, there used to be seen sauntering on the terraces of Sans Souci, for a short time in the afternoon, or you might have met him elsewhere at an earlier hour, riding or driving in a rapid business manner on the open roads or through the scraggy woods and avenues of that intricate amphibious
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History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Thomas Carlyle ...

Frederick the Great, Volume 18 thrusts readers into the opening convulsions of the Seven Years' War, where Frederick of Prussia finds himself suddenly surrounded by enemies and forced into ceaseless movement. Carlyle traces the great campaigns and shocks of the period—Prague, Kolin, Rossbach, Leuthen, Zorndorf, and Hochkirch—showing Frederick as a brilliant but overburdened commander fighting not ... Read more

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Frederick the Great, Volume 18 thrusts readers into the opening convulsions of the Seven Years' War, where Frederick of Prussia finds himself suddenly surrounded by enemies and forced into ceaseless movement. Carlyle traces the great campaigns and shocks of the period—Prague, Kolin, Rossbach, Leuthen, Zorndorf, and Hochkirch—showing Frederick as a brilliant but overburdened commander fighting not
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History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Thomas Carlyle ...

In this vivid royal tour of the Prussian countryside, Frederick the Great appears not as a distant conqueror but as an aging, tireless ruler bent on making land yield, villages prosper, and people answer for the state they keep. Guided by Oberamtmann Fromme on the 23 July 1779 journey through the Rhyn-Luch, the king inspects reclaimed moorlands, colonies, roads, timber, cattle, and drainage works ... Read more

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In this vivid royal tour of the Prussian countryside, Frederick the Great appears not as a distant conqueror but as an aging, tireless ruler bent on making land yield, villages prosper, and people answer for the state they keep. Guided by Oberamtmann Fromme on the 23 July 1779 journey through the Rhyn-Luch, the king inspects reclaimed moorlands, colonies, roads, timber, cattle, and drainage works
... Read more
History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Thomas Carlyle ...

In the grim middle years of the Seven Years' War, Carlyle follows Frederick the Great as Prussia is pressed by Austria, Russia, France, and their allies, while campaigns from Bergen and Züllichau to Kunersdorf and Dresden grind men and kingdoms alike toward exhaustion. 1759 emerges as a year of stark contrast: glorious for Pitt, disastrous for Frederick, whose greatness now lies not in dazzling ... Read more

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In the grim middle years of the Seven Years' War, Carlyle follows Frederick the Great as Prussia is pressed by Austria, Russia, France, and their allies, while campaigns from Bergen and Züllichau to Kunersdorf and Dresden grind men and kingdoms alike toward exhaustion. 1759 emerges as a year of stark contrast: glorious for Pitt, disastrous for Frederick, whose greatness now lies not in dazzling
... Read more
History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Restored Classics to Go Edition

by Thomas Carlyle ...

In the volatile court of Frederick the Great's youth, marriage becomes a weapon of state and a family crisis all at once. As Berlin and Dresden swirl with dynastic ambition, English envoys, and Saxon pageantry, Wilhelmina watches her brother Fritz move from brief rebellion to dangerous confinement, while the Prussian household strains under fear, illness, and suspicion. A proposed alliance with ... Read more

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In the volatile court of Frederick the Great's youth, marriage becomes a weapon of state and a family crisis all at once. As Berlin and Dresden swirl with dynastic ambition, English envoys, and Saxon pageantry, Wilhelmina watches her brother Fritz move from brief rebellion to dangerous confinement, while the Prussian household strains under fear, illness, and suspicion. A proposed alliance with
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