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Great books of the Western world volume 18
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 26
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 12
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 25
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 17
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 52
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 46
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 35
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Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 8
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
Pub. Date
c1990
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Great books of the Western world volume 42
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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c1990
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The first volume of Decline and Fall was published in 1776, and by the time the final volume appeared in 1787, Gibbon had produced an exhaustive, million-and-a-half-word account of a 'revolution, which shall ever be remembered and is still felt by the nations of the earth'.
This panoramic work, covering 13 centuries from 180 A.D. to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, has been described as 'a bridge that carries one from the ancient world to the...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
c1990
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Gibbon's monumental work traces the history of more than thirteen centuries, covering the great events as well as the general historical progression. This first volume covers A.D. 180 to A.D. 395, which includes the establishment of Christianity and the Crusades.
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Both a picaresque and Bildungsroman, The History of Tom Jones follows the life of its hero from his discovery as a foundling on the property of Squire Allworthy in England's West Country to his banishment from the estate and subsequent journey to London to escape an arranged marriage. Tom's many dalliances and misadventures throughout add to the charm of this bawdy romantic comedy.
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Great books of the Western world volume 11
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Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
c1990
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