Résumé
‘300 Quotes from American Writers’ is a carefully crafted collection of quotes from three of America’s greatest-ever writers, Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Between them, they are responsible for some of the world’s most famous literary works, ranging from Emerson’s essay ‘The Poet’ and Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ to Henry Thoreau’s ‘Walden’. This carefully crafted collection is guaranteed to inspire, amuse, and entertain, and it is ideal for those needing some extra encouragement throughout their day. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 –1882) was an American philosopher, abolitionist, essayist and poet who was a leading figure in the mid-19th century transcendentalist movement. his most famous works include the essays ‘Self-Reliance’, ‘The Poet’, ‘Nature’ and ‘Experience’.Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) was an American writer, humourist and publisher. He’s best remembered for his famous novels, ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ (1876) and its sequel, ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (1884), often called the ‘Greatest American Novel’.Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American naturalist, poet, and philosopher. He is best known for his masterpiece ‘Walden’, and the influential essay ‘Civil Disobedience’.
Auteur
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Né en 1817 à Concord, Massachusetts. Après avoir été pendant quelques temps maître d'école dans sa ville natale, fait la connaissance d'écrivains et de poètes (Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emerson). En 1860, après une vie partagée entre l'écriture, les vagabondages, la petite entreprise familiale de crayons et les prises de position publiques en faveur des opprimés ou des anarchistes, Thoreau contracte la tuberculose et meurt à Concord en 1862, après que la guerre civile a éclaté.
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Mark Twain (1835-1910) est un écrivain américain dont l'oeuvre la plus célèbre est celle qui raconte les aventures de Tom et Huck, deux enfants du Missouri au début du XIX siècle : Les aventures de Tom Sawyer et Les aventures de Huckleberry Finn.
Caractéristiques
Publication : 1 avril 2022
Support(s) : Livre audio [MP3]
Protection(s) : Aucune (MP3)
Taille(s) : 57,4 Mo (MP3)
EAN13 Livre audio [MP3] : 9782821179042