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Sanskrit: 49 (an unwritten dead language in regards to new written texts only, primarily a source of ancient texts from Hindu religion and literature) Portuguese: 44; Bengali: 34; French: 34; Korean: 31; English: 29; Hindi: 27; Italian: 24; Pali: 23 (an unwritten extinct language, primarily a source of early Buddhist texts) Hungarian: 16 ...
The list starts in order with the first ten books: the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text), the Hebrew Bible (a version of which serves as the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible), the Iliad and Odyssey, the Upanishads (a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts), the Tao Te Ching, the Avesta, the Analects, the History of ...
Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian: Verdensbiblioteket) is a series of classical books, mostly novels, published by the Norwegian Book Clubs since 2002. It is based on a list of the hundred best books, as proposed by one hundred writers from fifty-four countries, compiled and organized in 2002 by the Book Club. [ 1 ]
Many publishers have lists of best books, defined by their own criteria.This article enumerates some lists for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by ...
Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World , now containing 60 volumes. In 1998 Modern Library , an American publishing company, polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels of the 20th century: Modern Library ...
“They were interested in showing their best sides to build a self-image,” Pelletier explained of these old-school influencers. On the flip side, however, pious subjects signaled a grounding of ...
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