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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811. He was sent to England in 1817 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Following a period of gambling, unsuccessful investments and a brief career as a
lawyer, he turned to writing and drawing. In 1836 he married Isabella Shawe; following the birth of their second daughter, her mental health deteriorated and she had to be permanently supervised by a private nurse. Thackeray's first novel, Catherine, was published in 1839-40. Following the success of Vanity Fair (1847-8) he was able to devote himself to fiction, and his other notable works include Pendennis (1849), The History of Henry Esmond (1852) and The Newcomes (1855). He also edited the commercially successful Cornhill Magazine, which published writers such as Tennyson, George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Thackeray
died suddenly on Christmas Eve, 1863.

From William Makepeace Thackeray , Golden Deer Classics

John Henry Newman

Théologien et christologue reconnu, John-Henry Newman (1801-1890), est l'une des figures majeures du catholicisme britannique. Anglican d'origine, converti en 1845 il est un des principaux fondateurs du mouvement d'Oxford, cet élan intellectuel qui mena bon nombre de ses membres vers le catholicisme.

, John Henry Newman , Matthew Arnold

John Ruskin

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.Ruskin was heavily engaged by the work of Viollet le Duc which he taught to all his pupils including William Morris, notably Viollet le Duc's Dictionary which he considered as "the only book of any value on architecture".Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.

, John Ruskin , Walter Bagehot

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley war ein britischer Biologe, bekannt als "Darwins Bulldog". Er wurde am 4. Mai 1825 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, geboren und starb am 29. Juni 1895 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Huxley war ein wichtiger Vertreter der Evolutionstheorie und setzte sich für die Verbreitung und Popularisierung der Ideen von Charles Darwin ein. Er war ein Pionier in der Erforschung der Struktur von Wirbeltieren und trug zur Entwicklung der modernen Biologie bei. Huxley war auch ein bekannter Schriftsteller und Redner und setzte sich für die Bildung und Wissenschaft ein. Er war ein Mitglied der Royal Society und erhielt zahlreiche Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen für seine Arbeit. Huxleys Einfluss auf die Wissenschaft und die Gesellschaft ist bis heute spürbar.

, Thomas Henry Huxley , Edward Augustus Freeman

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to ‘Louis’ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for ‘the excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventures’ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde.

, Robert Louis Stevenson , William Ellery Channing

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic. Best known for his macabre prose work, including the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” his writing has influenced literature in the United States and around the world.

, Edgar Allan Poe

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, MA in 1817, and is best know for his influential work, Walden, which was published by Ticknor & Fields in 1854.

, Henry David Thoreau and James Russell Lowell

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Contents: 1. Jonathan Swift, by William Makepeace Thackeray 2. The Idea Of A University, by John Henry Newman 3. The Study Of Poetry, by Matthew Arnold 4. Sesame And Lilies, by John Ruskin 5. John Milton, by Walter Bagehot 6. Science And Culture, by Thomas Henry Huxley 7. Race And Language, by Edward Augustus Freeman 8. Truth Of Intercourse And Samuel Pepys, by Robert Louis Stevenson 9. On The Elevation Of The Laboring Classes, by William Ellery Channing 10. The Poetic Principle, by Edgar Allan Poe 11. Walking, by Henry David Thoreau 12. Abraham Lincoln And Democracy, by James Russell Lowell Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

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Harvard Classics Volume 28 - format ePub

William Makepeace Thackeray

John Henry Newman

John Ruskin

Thomas Henry Huxley

Robert Louis Stevenson

Edgar Allan Poe

Henry David Thoreau

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