18 books like The course of time

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Day of doom Michael Wigglesworth · 1666 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Demanding "The Day of Doom: or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment" is a religious poem by clergyman Michael Wigglesworth that became a best-selling classic in Puritan New England for a century after it was published in 1662 by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson. The poem describes the Day of Judgment, on which a vengeful God judges and sentences all men, going into detail as to the… Shares: Judgment Day, Poetry

Sygdommen til døden Søren Kierkegaard · 1849 · ★ 4.1 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The 'sickness' which Kierkegaard's book refers to as 'unto death' is resistance to this belief. It is the inclination to accept that as far as the individual is concerned, death is indeed the end. Now why should Kierkegaard want to call that a sickness? After all, even in his own time there must have been people strong both in might and body who rejected the Christian teaching of sin and… Shares: Theological anthropology, Christianity

An essay on man Alexander Pope · 1733 · ★ 3.7 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Demanding "Voltaire called it "the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language." Rousseau rhapsodized about its intellectual consolations. Kant recited long passages of it from memory during his lectures. And Adam Smith and David Hume drew inspiration from it in their writings. This was Alexander Pope's Essay on Man (1733-34), a masterpiece of philosophical poetry, one of the most important and… Shares: Theological anthropology, Christianity, Poetry

Poems William Cowper · 1782 · ★ 3.7 · 666p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., William Cowper. Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Cowper, William, 1731-1800. [4],367,[1]p. ; 8⁰. London : printed for J. Johnson, 1782. Sigs. E6, I6 are cancels: p.60, l.3 ends "for ev'ry town" rather than "to minute down". John Newton's preface printed to accompany this edition was suppressed on publication. Subsequent… Shares: Bookbinding, Poetry

Кобзар Тарас Шевченко · 1840 · ★ 4.5 · 459p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Збірка поетичних творів видатного українського письменника, поета, драматурга, художника, громадського та політичного діяча Тараса Григоровича Шевченка. Книга належить до національного духовного надбання України. Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares: Poetry

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

John Brown's Body Stephen Vincent Benét · 1927 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging John Brown's Body is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1928. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1929. It was written while Benét was living in Paris after receiving a… Shares: Bookbinding, Poetry

Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris · 1493 · ★ 3.6 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Many English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles Dahlberg's elegant and precise translation of the Old French text. His line-by-line rendering in contemporary English is available again, this time in a third edition with an updated critical apparatus. Readers at all levels can continue to deepen their… Shares: Bookbinding, Poetry

The Poems of Emily Dickinson Volume II Emily Dickinson · 1890 · ★ 4.3 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Emily Dickinson lived as a recluse in Amherst, Massachusetts, dedicating herself to writing a "letter to the world" - the 1,775 poems left unpublished at her death in 1886. Today Dickinson stands in the front rank of American poets. This Modern Library edition presents the more than four hundred poems that were published between Dickinson's death and 1900. They express her concepts of life and… Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry

The Courtship of Miles Standish Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1858 · ★ 3.7 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Challenging One of Longfellow's most beloved story-poems, this edition of The Courtship of Miles Standish is beautifully illustrated and handsomely rendered. A model of the lyric style of poetry, this turn-of-the-century printing enhances the pilgrim's story through Longfellow's eyes. Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

Sonnets from the Portuguese Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1896 · 49p · ≈ 1h · Challenging "I love your verse with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett...and I love you too," Robert Browning wrote in January of 1845, thus initiating the most celebrated literary correspondence of the nineteenth century. For the next twenty months, he and the world-renowned poet Elizabeth Barrett exchanged letters and confidences. During their courtship, Elizabeth privately wrote a series of forty-four… Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

The complete poetical works Robert Burns · 1786 · ★ 4.1 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Demanding Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns. Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

Carmina Horace · 1712 · ★ 4.0 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Demanding "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the case - a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into… Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

When you lose a loved one Charles Livingstone Allen · 1959 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Uplifting prose and comforting poetry weave a message of hope and eternal life for those mourning the loss of a loved one. Shares: Christianity, Poetry

De consolatione philosophiae Boethius · 1483 · ★ 4.1 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. whilst awaiting death under torture. He had been condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This… Shares: Miniature books, Poetry

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