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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II.

by Anonymous

Chapters (70)
  1. THE BEST 0:00
  2. THE BEST 0:07
  3. World's Classics 0:11
  4. CONTINENTAL EUROPE—II: The Best of the World's Classics VOL. VIII CONTINENTAL EUROPE—II: CONTENTS Vol. VIII—Continental Europe—II: FRANCE (Continued) 1805-1909: ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 0:34
  5. THE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN MAJORITY 1:35
  6. ALFRED DE MUSSET 7:04
  7. TITIAN'S SON AFTER A NIGHT AT PLAY 7:41
  8. THEOPHILE GAUTIER 14:22
  9. PHARAOH'S ENTRY INTO THEBES 14:55
  10. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 26:02
  11. YONGEVILLE AND ITS PEOPLE 26:26
  12. JOSEPH ERNEST RENAN 38:05
  13. AN EMPIRE IN ROBUST YOUTH 38:50
  14. HIPPOLITE ADOLPHE TAINE 49:58
  15. I THACKERAY AS A SATIRIST[7] 50:39
  16. II WHEN THE KING GOT UP FOR THE DAY[8] 57:51
  17. EMILE ZOLA 1:04:16
  18. GLIMPSES OF NAPOLEON III IN TIME OF WAR 1:04:45
  19. ALPHONSE DAUDET 1:14:13
  20. I A GREAT MAN'S WIDOW[10] 1:14:42
  21. II MY FIRST DRESS COAT[11] 1:23:21
  22. GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1:35:27
  23. MADAME JEANNE'S LAST DAYS 1:35:59
  24. GERMANY 1483-1859: MARTIN LUTHER 1:44:46
  25. SOME OF HIS TABLE TALK AND SAYINGS 1:45:47
  26. GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING 1:54:46
  27. I POETRY AND PAINTING COMPARED[14] 1:55:23
  28. II OF SUFFERING HELD IN RESTRAINT[15] 1:59:20
  29. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE 2:07:47
  30. I ON FIRST READING SHAKESPEARE[16] 2:08:43
  31. II THE CORONATION OF JOSEPH II[17] 2:13:48
  32. FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER 2:24:47
  33. I THE BATTLE OF LUTZEN[18] (1632) 2:25:51
  34. II PHILIP II AND THE NETHERLANDS[20] 2:39:27
  35. AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL 2:49:52
  36. SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH 2:50:31
  37. ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT 2:58:50
  38. AN ESSAY ON MAN 2:59:39
  39. HEINRICH HEINE 3:11:20
  40. REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON 3:12:04
  41. ITALY 1254-1803: MARCO POLO 3:18:48
  42. A DESCRIPTION OF JAPAN 3:19:37
  43. DANTE ALIGHIERI 3:25:30
  44. I THAT LONG DESCENT MAKES NO MAN NOBLE[26] 3:26:13
  45. II OF BEATRICE AND HER DEATH[27] 3:32:19
  46. FRANCIS PETRARCH 3:38:39
  47. OF GOOD AND EVIL FORTUNE 3:39:25
  48. GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 3:46:03
  49. THE PATIENT GRISELDA 3:46:33
  50. NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI 4:01:36
  51. OUGHT PRINCES TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES 4:02:08
  52. BENVENUTO CELLINI 4:06:55
  53. THE CASTING OF HIS "PERSEUS AND MEDUSA" 4:07:41
  54. GIORGIO VASARI 4:21:32
  55. OF RAPHAEL AND HIS EARLY DEATH 4:21:57
  56. JACQUES CASANOVA CHEVALIER DE SEINGALT 4:32:38
  57. HIS INTERVIEW WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT 4:33:41
  58. OTHER COUNTRIES 1465-1909: DESIDERIUS ERASMUS 4:42:15
  59. SPECIMENS OF HIS WIT AND WISDOM 4:43:07
  60. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES 4:55:10
  61. I THE BEGINNINGS OF DON QUIXOTE'S CAREER[46] 4:56:01
  62. II OF HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED[47] 5:03:28
  63. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 5:12:41
  64. THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES 5:13:08
  65. IVAN TURGENEFF 5:22:58
  66. BAZAROV'S DEATH 5:23:33
  67. HENRIK IBSEN 5:31:56
  68. THE THOUGHT CHILD 5:32:31
  69. COUNT LEO TOLSTOY 5:42:26
  70. SHAKESPEARE NOT A GREAT GENIUS 5:43:07
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Narrator
Howard — Erudite New England Antiquarian (en-US)
Length
5 hr 50 min
Language
English
Added
October 24, 2026
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Project Gutenberg
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