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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
by Francois duc de La RochefoucauldReflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims is a collection of essays written by the French essayist François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac known for his memoirs and maxims. The translator J. W. Willis Bund, he mentions in the introductory note that, there could have been errors as none of the author’s works has been translated wi..
Letters of Pliny
by PlinyLetters of Pliny is a collection of oldest surviving records which provide historical value in many ancient Roman empires, specifically the relationship between the imperial office and provincial governors. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus popularly called a Pliny the younger, was the nephew of the Roman naturalist Gaius Plinius Secundus, who was c..
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 Uncommercial Traveller
by Charles DickensOn successfully attaining his commercial goals, Dickens founded a journal and he himself was the main contributor to it writing many things without any chronology or limiting to any category. Perhaps his journal All the Year Round can be compared as Dickens' modern day blog, writing his observations on his life at England and travels to many part 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. ..