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Desiderius Erasmus 3m4o3b

In Praise of Folly is a satirical essay written by Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch theologian and a catholic priest whose notable contributions include Apophthegmatum opus, A handbook on manners for children and The Education of a Christian Prince. The essay starts off with a satirical learned encomium and ends with a straightforward statement of Chris.. 3t5jq

Mark Twain 3f5832

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays is a series of essays written by Mark Twain, an American novelist and humorist who wrote the “The Great American Novel” The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Through this book of essays, Twain details his own style of writing, the difficulties of humor writing through couple of short stories provided along with..

G. K. Chesterton 301ih

What's Wrong with the World is a series of essays compiled from the literary critic Gilbert Keith Chesterton’s life time contributed works through newspapers and periodicals on feminism, education, government, business and other topics. Chesterton’s faith in Christianity and his clever and unique commenting skills and criticisms on materialism, ..

Francis Bacon 322vp

The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral is a series of essays covering many topics written by Francis Bacon, an English philosopher ed as the creator of empiricism theory which knowledge of sensory experience.   This text contains an exploration of philosophical thoughts on diversified topics such as truth, death, revenge, adversary,..

W. C. Brownell 6fj1b

The Oxford Book of American Essays is a collection of essays written in English language by American writers. This handful of essays written by most popular American authors concerning various topics has been collected by American literary critic William Crary Brownell, who has been a journalist and editor of publishing houses like Charles Scribner..

Arthur Schopenhauer 68ph

Essays of Schopenhauer, is written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer whose career best work is noted as The World as Will and Representation. He was influenced by philosophers like Buddha, Plato and Immanuel Kant and eventually he chose the path of Atheism. He called himself as Buddhist and Kantian. His pessimistic philosophie..

Frederick Jackson Turner 22316c

The Frontier in American History is an essay by the Harward educated American historian Frederick Jackson Turner, whose ideas were prominent to the forming of Frontier thesis.  Best known for this work, his other notable writings include “Rise of the new west”,  “Social Forces in American History”,  "Is Sectionalism in America Dying ..

Washington Irving 17301z

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon is a collection of short stories and essays written by American writer Washington Irving who is known for his magnum opus “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”. He started using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon" in this book and went on to use throughout his career. This collection of stories includes “The broken heart’, “L..