Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought -- Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure and mystery -- the ascent of Aconcagua and the mystery ship Mary Celeste; science -- a new comet and lichen dyes; portraits of the seasons by Lucy Maud Montgomery: biographies of Charles Dickens and Clara and Robert Schuman; a history of the Transcendental utopia Fruitlands by Louisa May Alcott, and an essay on reading by Isaac Disraeli. summary by Sue Anderson
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Essays & Short Works
Language: English
Keyword(s): utopia (23), transcendentalism (6), comet (5), dye (2), aconcagua (1), mary-celest (1), fruitlands (1), lichen (1)
Group: Short Nonfiction Collections