180 Masterpieces of World Literature (Vol.2): Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Sense and Sensibility, Dubliners, Notre Dame, Odyssey...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Stendhal · Jules Verne · Gustave Flaubert · Theodor Storm · Henrik Ibsen · Charles Dickens · Honoré de Balzac · Harriet Beecher Stowe · Rabindranath Tagore · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · James Fenimore Cooper · Edgar Allan Poe · John Buchan · Confucius, · George MacDonald · Bram Stoker · Henry James · Victor Hugo · Joseph Conrad · Jane Austen · Walter Scott · Laurence Sterne · Thomas Hardy · Jonathan Swift · Edith Wharton · Benito Pérez Galdós · Daniel Defoe · Henry Fielding · Sinclair Lewis · Anthony Trollope · Alexandre Dumas · William Dean Howells · Virginia Woolf · William Walker Atkinson · Kenneth Grahame · Washington Irving · Willa Cather · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Homer · Gaston Leroux · Ford Madox Ford · Benjamin Franklin · Kate Chopin · John Milton · Edgar Wallace · Laozi · James Joyce · Ann Ward Radcliffe · Kakuzo Okakura · H. G. Wells · W. B. Yeats · J. M. Barrie · G. K. Chesterton · Jerome K. Jerome · L. M. Montgomery · W. Somerset Maugham · E. M. Forster · F. Scott Fitzgerald · Lewis Wallace · Ivan Turgenev · Leo Tolstoy · Nikolai Gogol · George Bernard Shaw · Cao Xueqin · Emile Zola · Bankim Chandra Chatterjee · P. B. Shelley · Elizabeth von Arnim · Dante · Pedro Calderon de la Barca · Émile Coué · George Weedon Grossmith · Willkie Collins · D.H. Lawrence · Machiavelli

Nov 2023 · DigiCat

About this ebook

Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the great works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally moving poetry of words and storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) Dubliners (James Joyce) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) Howards End (E. M. Forster) Le Père Goriot (Honoré de Balzac) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) Anne of Green Gables Series (L. M. Montgomery) The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore) Diary of a Nobody (Grossmith) The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper) Peter and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas) Iliad & Odyssey (Homer) Kama Sutra Dona Perfecta (Benito Pérez Galdós) The Divine Comedy (Dante) The Rise of Silas Lapham (William Dean Howells) The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura) Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo) Red and the Black (Stendhal) Rob Roy (Walter Scott) Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome) Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) My Antonia (Willa Cather) The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) The Awakening (Kate Chopin) Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham) The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James) Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev) The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf) Life is a Dream (Pedro Calderon de la Barca) Faust (Goethe) Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche) Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin) The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)

About the author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a colossus of German literature, was a polymath whose works encompassed literature, poetry, drama, theology, humanism, science, and painting. His literary brilliance remains unparalleled in the breadth of its scope and the profound depth of its insights. Renowned as the key figure of German literary movement 'Sturm und Drang' (Storm and Stress), he also significantly contributed to the Weimar Classicism movement. Goethe's magnum opus, 'Faust,' illustrates his exceptional capacity for creating complex characters and exploring philosophical and spiritual themes. His novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' (1774) sparked a cultural phenomenon known as Werther Fever due to its intense emotional portrayals. Significantly, Goethe's literary style is characterized by its diversity, ranging from the lyricism of his early poetry to the classical harmony of his later work. In 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship,' Goethe delves into the bildungsroman genre, exploring the psychological growth of the protagonist. His contributions to literature were so influential that the period of his activity has been called the Goethezeit (Age of Goethe). His other works include 'Elective Affinities,' 'Italian Journey,' and 'West-Eastern Divan,' showcasing his exploration of aesthetics, ethics, and cultural dialogues. Goethe's oeuvre presents a blend of profound philosophical thought, keen observation of nature, and deep appreciation for culture and the arts, securing his place as a titan of world literature.