The Enduring Work of Biography seeks to revitalize appreciation of Boswell’s great biography for a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers. Engaging accessibly and informatively with biographical, historical, critical, and textual matters and drawing on the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell, Enduring Work discusses Boswell’s collaboration with others (both alive and dead) in researching, writing, revising, proofing, publishing, and prom...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

The Santa's Great Treasure Chest gathers more than 450 Christmas novels, tales, carols, poems, and legends into an expansive archive of festive imagination. Moving between devotional verse, fairy tale, domestic realism, moral fable, comic vignette, ghostly wonder, and children's adventure, the volume traces Christmas as both sacred observance and secular cultural ritual. Familiar holiday narratives, carols, and folkloric retellings stand alongside less-circulated period pieces, making the ...

Santa's Christmas Library gathers more than four hundred seasonal narratives, poems, carols, legends, and illustrated selections into a capacious archive of Christmas writing. Moving from folktale and devotional verse to domestic realism, fantasy, satire, and moral fable, the volume traces the holiday's literary transformations across languages and centuries. Canonical Christmas narratives stand beside fairy tales, hymns, children's literature, and lesser-known period pieces, while such la...

'Living to Tell the Horrid Tales: True Life Stories of Former Slaves, Historical Documents & Novels' is a profound anthology that embodies a spectrum of narratives ranging from heart-wrenching slave narratives to poignant memoirs and reflective novels. This collection encapsulates the horrific experiences and the resilient spirit of those bound by chains, alongside the connected literary pursuits that aim to expose and abolish the brutal injustices of their times. The diversity of literary...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

The Complete Harvard Classics gathers fifty-one volumes of Western writing into an ambitious portable canon, spanning epic, tragedy, philosophy, political theory, devotional prose, scientific inquiry, history, fiction, and essay. Ancient dialogues and dramas stand beside Renaissance humanism, Enlightenment argument, Romantic lyricism, Victorian criticism, and foundational scientific writing. Its range—from fable, chronicle, and travel narrative to speeches, experiments, and imaginative lit...

Down the Chimney gathers more than a hundred Christmas narratives into an unusually capacious map of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century holiday literature. Fairy tale, domestic sketch, moral fable, realist vignette, comic anecdote, supernatural tale, and children's fantasy converge around winter's rituals of generosity, memory, hospitality, and renewal. Illustrated and transnational in scope, the volume moves from hearth-centered sentiment to darker meditations on poverty, estrangemen...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Thirty Years a Slave Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Life of Ol...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction. Content: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Robert Burn...

The 'Big Book of Christmas Novels, Stories, Myths & Carols' is a rich tapestry of literary treasures, capturing the multifaceted spirit of Christmas through an eclectic array of narratives and styles. This anthology traverses thrilling adventures, heartwarming tales, and soul-stirring carols, offering a panoramic view of Christmas literary tradition. From the gothic chill of a Dickensian Christmas to the folkloric charm of Brothers Grimm, each contribution adds a unique hue to the festive ...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!