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50 Essential Classics You Must Read - British Literature E-BOOK
The Definitive British Literature Collection from Beowulf to the Romantic Poets
The Essential Classics Library, William Langland, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Malory, Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, M.G. Lewis, Mary Shelley, William Beckford, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Multiple Authors
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A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature.
This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world.
Organized chronologically and thematically, the anthology reveals how medieval allegory gave way to Renaissance drama, how the novel emerged as a dominant art form, and how the nineteenth century produced a golden age of storytelling. It concludes with poetic masterpieces that continue to define the emotional and intellectual reach of English expression.
Featuring:
• Foundational medieval epics and allegories
• The great tragedies and comedies of Shakespeare
• The birth and rise of the English novel
• Victorian realism and Gothic imagination
• Imperial adventure and early science fiction
• The lyric revolution of the Romantic poets
Carefully curated for both general readers and students, this edition offers a coherent and historically grounded path through over a millennium of literary achievement.
A library in a single volume — indispensable, timeless, and essential.
Included Works
Beowulf — anonymous
Piers Plowman — William Langland
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — anonymous
Le Morte d'Arthur — Sir Thomas Malory
Utopia — Thomas More
Doctor Faustus — Christopher Marlowe
The Faerie Queene — Edmund Spenser
Paradise Lost — John Milton
Hamlet — William Shakespeare
King Lear — William Shakespeare
Macbeth — William Shakespeare
Othello — William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare
The Tempest — William Shakespeare
Volpone — Ben Jonson
Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels — Jonathan Swift
Pamela — Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones — Henry Fielding
Tristram Shandy — Laurence Sterne
The Vicar of Wakefield — Oliver Goldsmith
The Monk — Matthew Gregory Lewis
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
The Last Man — Mary Shelley
Vathek — William Beckford
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë
David Copperfield — Charles Dickens
Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
Middlemarch — George Eliot
Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
The Time Machine — H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds — H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man — H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau — H. G. Wells
She — H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines — H. Rider Haggard
Kim — Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
Songs of Innocence and of Experience — William Blake
Lyrical Ballads — William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Selected Poems — John Keats
Selected Poems — Percy Bysshe Shelley
This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world.
Organized chronologically and thematically, the anthology reveals how medieval allegory gave way to Renaissance drama, how the novel emerged as a dominant art form, and how the nineteenth century produced a golden age of storytelling. It concludes with poetic masterpieces that continue to define the emotional and intellectual reach of English expression.
Featuring:
• Foundational medieval epics and allegories
• The great tragedies and comedies of Shakespeare
• The birth and rise of the English novel
• Victorian realism and Gothic imagination
• Imperial adventure and early science fiction
• The lyric revolution of the Romantic poets
Carefully curated for both general readers and students, this edition offers a coherent and historically grounded path through over a millennium of literary achievement.
A library in a single volume — indispensable, timeless, and essential.
Included Works
Beowulf — anonymous
Piers Plowman — William Langland
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — anonymous
Le Morte d'Arthur — Sir Thomas Malory
Utopia — Thomas More
Doctor Faustus — Christopher Marlowe
The Faerie Queene — Edmund Spenser
Paradise Lost — John Milton
Hamlet — William Shakespeare
King Lear — William Shakespeare
Macbeth — William Shakespeare
Othello — William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare
The Tempest — William Shakespeare
Volpone — Ben Jonson
Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels — Jonathan Swift
Pamela — Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones — Henry Fielding
Tristram Shandy — Laurence Sterne
The Vicar of Wakefield — Oliver Goldsmith
The Monk — Matthew Gregory Lewis
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
The Last Man — Mary Shelley
Vathek — William Beckford
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë
David Copperfield — Charles Dickens
Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
Middlemarch — George Eliot
Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
The Time Machine — H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds — H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man — H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau — H. G. Wells
She — H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines — H. Rider Haggard
Kim — Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
Songs of Innocence and of Experience — William Blake
Lyrical Ballads — William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Selected Poems — John Keats
Selected Poems — Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Betrokkenen
- Auteur(s):
The Essential Classics LibraryWilliam LanglandJessie L. WestonThomas MaloryThomas MoreChristopher MarloweEdmund SpenserJohn MiltonWilliam ShakespeareBen JonsonDaniel DefoeJonathan SwiftSamuel RichardsonHenry FieldingFrances BurneyOliver GoldsmithM.G. LewisMary ShelleyWilliam BeckfordJane AustenCharlotte BrontëEmily BrontëCharles DickensGeorge EliotThomas HardyRobert Louis StevensonOscar WildeH.G. WellsH. Rider HaggardRudyard KiplingWilliam BlakeWilliam WordsworthJohn KeatsPercy Bysshe ShelleyMultiple Authors
- Uitgeverij:
Inhoud
- Aantal bladzijden:
- 17835
- Taal:
- Engels
- Reeks:
Eigenschappen
- Productcode (EAN):
- 9785909871685
- Verschijningsdatum:
- 17/02/2026
- Uitvoering:
- E-book
- Beveiligd met:
- Digital watermarking
- Formaat:
- ePub
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