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World’s Greatest Books – 18th Century

Volume I – FictionThe Arabian Nights (translation)William Beckford Volume II – FictionFanny Burney*Chateaubriand* Volume III – FictionThomas DayDaniel Defoe Volume IV – FictionMaria EdgeworthHenry FieldingWilliam GodwinJohann Wolfgang von GoetheOliver Goldsmith Volume V – FictionElizabeth Inchbald*Samuel Johnson Volume VI – FictionAlain-René Lesage*Matthew Gregory Lewis (anti-Catholic)Henry MackenzieXavier de Maistre* Volume VII – FictionSamuel RichardsonJean Paul (Friedrich Richter)JeanContinue reading “World’s Greatest Books – 18th Century”

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The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira. Wikimedia Commons

World’s Greatest Books – 17th Century

Volume I – FictionAphra Behn*Cyrano de Bergerac* Volume II – FictionJohn BunyanMiguel de Cervantes* Volume IX – Lives and LettersSir David Brewster, Life of Sir Isaac NewtonJohn BunyanJohn EvelynGeorge FoxAntony Hamilton* Volume X – Lives and LettersSamuel PepysCardinal Richelieu*La Rochefoucauld*Madame de Sévigné* Volume XVIII – Poetry and DramaMoliere*Thomas OtwayJean Racine*Shakespeare* Volume XIX – Travel andContinue reading “World’s Greatest Books – 17th Century”