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Description edit
The major works of Emerson's most productive period in their entirety: "Nature: Addresses and Lectures," "Essays: First and Second Series," "Representative Men," "English Traits," and "The Conduct of Life."
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Characters/People edit
- First-person narration: This is a collection compiling Emerson's nonfiction essays and well as his poetry.
- Bonaparte: Add a description of this character.
- Milton
- Napoleon
- Burke
- John
- Scott
- Landor
- Epaminondas
- Norman
- Paul
- Nelson
- Byron
- Caesar
- Chaucer
- Saadi
- Jove
- Alfred
- Locke
- Carlyle
- Bacon
- Montaigne
- Wordsworth
- George Fox
- Socrates
- Adam
- Pepys
- Alexander
- Ben Jonson
- Pitt
- Proclus
- Hooker
- Raphael
- Michel Angelo
- Evelyn
- Hafiz
- Fletcher
- Shakespeare
- Heraclitus
- Franklin
- Dalton
- Luther
- Philip
- Shakspeare
- Watt
- Sidney
- Cromwell
- Burns
Setting & Locations edit
- New England
- London
- Europe
- America
- Emanuel Swedenborg
- Rome
- France
- Goethe
- Paris
- Egypt
- New York
- Italy
- Boston
- Greece
- Britain
- Asia
- Washington
- Providence
- Stonehenge
- Spain
- Heaven
- Scotland
- Athens
- Germany
- Naples
- Massachusetts
- Cambridge
- Wellington
- India
- California
- Republic
- Oxford
- Atlantic
- Zoroaster
- Manchester
- Ireland
- Norway
- Birmingham
- Saxons
- Berkeley
- Africa
- Chatham
- Sophocles
- Sicily
- Vatican
- Lord Elgin
First Sentence edit
A NOBLER WANT of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 814.3
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( E ) › Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Collections & Readers
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Essays
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