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The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2) : Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility

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The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol. 2) presents a meticulously curated collection that spans genres, eras, and continents, offering a panoramic view of literary evolution and innovation chronologically and thematically. Bridging the expanse between classical and modern narratives, this anthology embraces a diversity of styles—from the refined prose of Austen to the passionate epics of Homer, and from the gothic tales of Stoker to the existential ponderings of Kafka. The collection is noteworthy for including seminal works that have each, in their unique way, contributed to shaping the course of literary history, providing readers with a robust cross-section of influential global literature. The anthology is not just textual but a historical journey inviting in-depth exploration of varied human conditions and moral landscapes delineated by these timeless works. The editors, renowned for their scholarly acumen, bring together a lexicon of authors whose backgrounds are as diverse as their writing styles. The collective contributions resonate with major cultural and literary movements—from Romanticism to Realism, from Existentialism to Modernism, elucidating a textured narrative of human experience and intellectual pursuit across centuries. Noteworthy are the threads that relate classics like Dante's allegorical precision with the modernist introspections of Woolf or Joyce, underscoring a shared inquiry into the existential facets of life. This compendium not only highlights individual genius but also accentuates how these literary voices echo, complement, and sometimes contest each other, offering a comprehensive scholarly discourse. 'The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol. 2)' is an essential volume for anyone interested in the breadth and depth of literary culture. It serves as a gateway to the intellectual heritage of the world, charting a course through the imaginations and insights that have captured human thought across ages. This anthology is not just an academic resource but a companion for lifelong learners and literary enthusiasts eager to delve into the narrative intricacies offered by these canonical texts. Each page promises to broaden one's horizons and deepen the understanding of the art of literature, making this collection a quintessential addition to any bookshelf.


Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Author: Henrik Ibsen Author: Charles Dickens Author: Leo Tolstoy Author: Ford Madox Ford Author: E. M. Forster Author: Honoré de Balzac Author: Jane Austen Author: L. M. Montgomery Author: Kenneth Grahame Author: Rabindranath Tagore Author: George and Weedon Grossmith Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Author: Daniel Defoe Author: Jules Verne Author: Jonathan Swift Author: James Fenimore Cooper Author: George MacDonald Author: J. M. Barrie Author: Alexandre Dumas Author: Homer Author: Dante Author: William Dean Howells Author: Kakuzo Okakura Author: Gustave Flaubert Author: Victor Hugo Author: Stendhal Author: Sir Walter Scott Author: Anthony Trollope Author: Emile Zola Author: Theodor Storm Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Author: Henry Fielding Author: Jerome K. Jerome Author: Laurence Sterne Author: Thomas Hardy Author: Willa Cather Author: Edith Wharton Author: Kate Chopin Author: Sinclair Lewis Author: W. Somerset Maugham Author: Henry James Author: Ivan Turgenev Author: Nikolai Gogol Author: Virginia Woolf Author: Anonymous Author: Pedro Calderon de la Barca Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Author: Friedrich Nietzsche Author: Benjamin Franklin Author: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Author: Kalidasa Author: Válmíki Author: Edgar Allan Poe Author: Wilkie Collins Author: Ann Ward Radcliffe Author: Bram Stoker Author: Gaston Leroux Author: H. G. Wells Author: Joseph Conrad Author: Lewis Wallace Author: Washington Irving Author: Machiavelli Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Author: Confucius Author: Laozi Author: John Milton Author: P. B. Shelley Author: W. B. Yeats Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Author: D.H. Lawrence Author: George Bernard Shaw Author: Elizabeth von Arnim Author: Cao Xueqin Author: G. K. Chesterton Author: John Buchan Author: Edgar Wallace Author: Nikolai Leskov Author: Kurt Vonnegut Author: William Walker Atkinson Author: Émile Coué