From ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition.
More than 150 years after its initial publication, Bartlettâs Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth ediÂtion. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, Bartlettâs includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 conÂtributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled.
While continuing to draw on timeless classiÂcal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. Bartlettâs showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages.
Bartlettâs makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chronoÂlogically by the authorâs birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question âWho said that?â Bartlettâs offers readers and scholÂars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influÂenced
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - John Bartlett & Geoffrey O'Brien
From ancient Egypt to today, enjoy a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words in this completely revised and updated nineteenth edition.
More than 150 years after its initial publication, Bartlettâs Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth ediÂtion. First compiled by John Bartlett, a bookseller in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a commonplace book of only 258 pages, the original 1855 edition mainly featured selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, and the great English poets. Today, Bartlettâs includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 conÂtributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled.
While continuing to draw on timeless classiÂcal references, this edition also incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes from more than 700 new sources, including Alison Bechdel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pope Francis, Atul Gawande, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hilary Mantel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Claudia Rankine, Fred Rogers, Bernie Sanders, Patti Smith, and Malala Yousafzai. Bartlettâs showcases the thoughts not only of renowned figures from the arts, literature, politics, science, sports, and business, but also of otherwise unknown individuals whose thought-provoking ideas have moved, unsettled, or inspired readers and listeners throughout the ages.
Bartlettâs makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chronoÂlogically by the authorâs birth date, or thematically by subject. Whether one is searching for appropriate remarks for a celebration, comforting thoughts for a serious occasion, or simply to answer the question âWho said that?â Bartlettâs offers readers and scholÂars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influÂenced