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Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham LincolnNoted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln is a part of series American History in Literature contains best known American speeches. Edited by LILIAN MARIE BRIGGS with biographical sketches, this book contains the popular speeches of the the Great American President Abraham Lincoln and would be a wonderful read for young readers who seeks concise accounts o..
The Discovery of the Future
by H. G. WellsH. G. Wells' philosophical lecture explores the human mind through his speech The Discovery of the Future, which characterizes the human brains driving principles to deal with what has happened and what would happen. While humans are comfortable and slightly biased towards the past, ability to discover the unknown future is consistently driven by t..
An Inland Voyage
by Robert Louis StevensonStevenson narrates his travel through Belgium, France in his travel literature An Inland Voyage. Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, a friend of Stevenson was a companion in the travel and both of them had to face many hurdles including getting a jail term. Along-with An Inland Voyage, he wrote many such works like Travels with a Donkey in the Céven..
Paradise Lost
by John MiltonConsidered by many literary critics as the first epic of English literature, John Milton’s Paradise lost became one of the most influential poetry ever written in English language. It is interesting to note that John has dictated this work to her daughters and eventually transcribed all parts of the poetry. This great work put John Milton to the li..
The Decameron
by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Decameron is novella written by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian poet narrated through a group of people in fear of black death. These stories guide the way to live life encountering with romance, love, death, grief and fear. It would be noteworthy that Decameron has been referred in the works of Shakespeare and Saucer. ..
Moments of Vision
by Thomas HardyEnglish author Thomas hardy is little known by the literary world as poet, though he is well remembered for his tragic novels. Here is a collection of his poem with the collection titled on one his poem Moments of vision along with other poems like The Change, Afternoon services at Melsstock, First Sight of her and After, At the Word Farewell, At a..
Essays of Michel de Montaigne Complete
byThe Essays of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying length. Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours." The Essays were first published in 1580 and cover a wide range of t..
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareComplete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Some editions include several works which were not completely of Shakespeare's authorship (collaborative writings), such as The Two Noble Kinsmen, a collaboration with John Fletcher, Pericles, Prince of Tyre or E..