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Charles Eliot Norton

    Charles Eliot Norton was a distinguished author, translator, social critic, and liberal activist. His dedication to arts and crafts positioned him as the foremost American proponent of that movement. He served as a Professor of the History of Art at Harvard, a chair created specifically for him, and became the first president of the Archaeological Institute of America. His legacy endures through the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard and a significant portion of his library bequeathed to the university.

    Plain tales from the hills
    La vita nuova
    • Plain tales from the hills

      • 310 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      First published in 1888, Plain Tales from the Hills was Kipling's first volume of prose fiction. Most of the stories it includes had already appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette they were written before he reached the age of 22; and they show a remarkably precocious literary talent. His vignettes of life in Brittish India a hundred years ago give vivid insight into Anglo-India at work and play, into a barrack-room life, and into the character of Indians themselves.

      Plain tales from the hills2017
      3.5
    • Dante's first major work links 31 poems inspired by his love of Beatrice, with a prose narrative that celebrates the subject of love while commenting on the nature of the poet's art.

      La vita nuova2010
      5.0