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Masterpieces of

World Literature


 


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Masterpieces of World Literature

contents:

Biographies of Writers and Philosophers
From Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica

Texts
From "The Arabian Nights" to "Divine Comedy"

 
Masterpieces of World Literature
by Frank N. Magill

World Literature in Illustrations
From Bible to Oscar Wilde "Salome"





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BIOGRAPHIES


TEXTS


MASTERPIECES


ILLUSTRATIONS

       

ABELARD PETER

"The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise"

 

 

ADAMS  HENRY

 

THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS

 

AEDESIUS

 

 

 

AESCHYLUS

 

ORESTEIA
PROMETHEUS BOUND

 

AESOPUS

 

 

Phryx Aesopus Habitu Poetico, by Hieronymus Osius, 1574 (artist not identified)

AKHMATOVA ANNA

"Requiem"
"Poems"

 

 

AKUTAGAWA RYUNOSUKE

 

 

Illustratyons by Y. Amano

ANDERSEN  HANS CHRISTIAN

"The Fairy Tales"

ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES

Illustrations by E. Dulac

ALBERTUS MAGNUS SAINT

 

 

 

ALEXANDER OF HALES

 

 

 

AMBROSE SAINT

 

 

 

ANAXAGORAS

 

 

 

ANAXIMANDER

 

 

 

ANAXIMENES OF MILETUS

 

 

 

ANSELM OF CANTERBURY

 

 

 

ANTISTHENES

 

 

 

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME

 

 

 

APOLLONIUS OF RHODES

"Argonautica"
"Jason and the Golden Fleece"

 

 

APULEIUS

"The Golden Asse"

 

Illustrations by Jean de Bosschere and Martin Van Maele

AQUINAS  THOMAS

 

SUMMA THEOLOGICA

 

ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS

"The Arabian Nights"

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS

Illustrations by V. Sterrett
Illustrations by E. Dulac

ARBUTHNOT

 

 

 

ARETINO PIETRO

"Dialogues"

"Sonetti lussuriosi"

 

Illustrations by C. Agostino

ARIOSTO  LUDOVICO

"Orlando Enraged" canto 1-4

ORLANDO FURIOSO

Illustrations by G. Dore

ARISTIPPUS

 

 

 

ARISTOPHANES

"Lysistrata"

THE BIRDS
LYSISTRATA

Illustrations by A. Beardsley
Illustrations by N. Lindsay
Illustrations by
A. Boyd

ARISTOTLE

"Poetics"

POETICS

collection: Aristotle and Phyllis

AUGUSTINE SAINT

"Confessions"

CONFESSIONS

 

AUSTEN  JANE

 

EMMA

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

 

 

AUSTIN JOHN LANGSHAW

 

 

 

AVERROES

 

 

 

AVICENNA