FRANKLIN LIBRARY 100 GREATEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME, PLAYS AND TALES, 11 VOLUMES
The Rug Life is pleased to present this magnificent 11-volume collection of beautifully decorated Franklin Library classics, featuring some of the most celebrated authors, playwrights, poets, and storytellers in literary history. Bringing together the literary achievements of ancient Greece, medieval Europe, the Renaissance, and the modern era, this handsome collection includes works by Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O'Neill, Henrik Ibsen, Henry James, Thomas Mann, and Aeschylus, alongside Sir Richard Francis Burton's celebrated translation of Tales from the Arabian Nights. The volumes feature richly colored bindings, elaborate gilt decoration, raised spine bands, gilt page edges, and decorative designs individually suited to the character of each work. The collection includes the following eleven literary classics: 1. Eight Plays by Anton Chekhov. 2. Plays by Eugene O'Neill. 3. Five Comedies by Aristophanes. 4. Plays by Henrik Ibsen. 5. Tales by Henry James. 6. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. 7. Tales from the Arabian Nights by Sir Richard F. Burton Translation. 8. The Tragedies of Sophocles. 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. 10. Stories by Thomas Mann. 11. Oresteia by Aeschylus. Acquired from a Metro Washington DC estate. FREE SHIPPING FOR THIS BOOK SET WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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The Rug Life is pleased to present this magnificent 11-volume collection of beautifully decorated Franklin Library classics, featuring some of the most celebrated authors, playwrights, poets, and storytellers in literary history. Bringing together the literary achievements of ancient Greece, medieval Europe, the Renaissance, and the modern era, this handsome collection includes works by Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O'Neill, Henrik Ibsen, Henry James, Thomas Mann, and Aeschylus, alongside Sir Richard Francis Burton's celebrated translation of Tales from the Arabian Nights. The volumes feature richly colored bindings, elaborate gilt decoration, raised spine bands, gilt page edges, and decorative designs individually suited to the character of each work. The collection includes the following eleven literary classics: 1. Eight Plays by Anton Chekhov. 2. Plays by Eugene O'Neill. 3. Five Comedies by Aristophanes. 4. Plays by Henrik Ibsen. 5. Tales by Henry James. 6. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. 7. Tales from the Arabian Nights by Sir Richard F. Burton Translation. 8. The Tragedies of Sophocles. 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. 10. Stories by Thomas Mann. 11. Oresteia by Aeschylus. Acquired from a Metro Washington DC estate. FREE SHIPPING FOR THIS BOOK SET WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Fine, Unread