The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II - Couverture souple

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9781444418149: The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II

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Editeur : Aeterna, 2025

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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV—Great Britain and Ireland II gathers a rich and varied tapestry of English and Irish thought from the late seventeenth to the eighteenth century. This volume offers readers a curated journey through the works of some of the era’s most enduring voices—essayists, historians, philosophers, poets, novelists and statesmen—each represented at their most vivid and revealing. Here are Steele’s warm observations on manners and human nature, Bolingbroke’s reflections on the sweep of history, and Pope’s sharp wit and polished artistry. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu writes with uncommon clarity on happiness and early inoculation; Chesterfield counsels his son on grace and conduct; Fielding’s humour bursts from scenes in Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews. Johnson’s commanding intelligence, Hume’s historical insight, Sterne’s tender sentiment, Walpole’s sharp-eyed commentary, and Adam Smith’s foundational ideas all find their place within these pages. From Goldsmith’s playful sketches to Burke’s impassioned political eloquence and Gibbon’s majestic historical vision, the volume captures the brilliance and diversity of a literary culture shaping modern thought. It is an essential anthology for readers who wish to encounter the masters of British and Irish prose at their most direct, humane and compelling.

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