{"product_id":"9781605012711","title":"The Best Of The World's Classics (Restricted To Prose) Volume VII - Continental Europe I","description":"  \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   St. Aurelius Augustine—(Born in Numidia, Africa, in 354; died in 430.)\u003cbr\u003e   Imperial Power for Good and Bad Men. (From Book IV, Chapter III, of \"De Civitate Dei\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Anicius Boethius—(Born about 475, died about 524.)\u003cbr\u003e   The Highest Happiness. (From \"The Consolations of Philosophy.\" Translated by Alfred the Great)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   St. Thomas Aquinas—(Born near Aquino, Italy, probably in 1225; died in 1274.)\u003cbr\u003e   A Definition of Happiness. (From the \"Ethics\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Thomas a Kempis—(Born in Rhenish Prussia about 1380, died in the Netherlands in 1471.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of Eternal Life and of Striving for It. (From \"The Imitation of Christ\")  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANCE Twelfth Century—1885\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey de Ville-Hardouin—(Born between 1150 and 1165; died in 1212.)\u003cbr\u003e   The Sack of Constantinople. (From \"The Chronicles.\" Translated by Eric Arthur Bell)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Jean de Joinville—(Born in 1224, died in 1317.)\u003cbr\u003e   Greek Fire in Battle. (From \"The Memoirs of Louis IX, King of France.\" Translated by Thomas Johnes)\u003cbr\u003e   \"Aucassin and Nicolette.\" (A French romance of the 12th Century, the author's name unknown)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Jean Froissart—(Born in 1337, died in 1410.)\u003cbr\u003e   The Battle of Crécy. (From the \"Chronicles.\" Translated by Thomas Johnes)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Philippe de Comines—(Born in France about 1445, died in 1511.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of the Character of Louis XI (From the \"Memoirs.\" Translated by Andrew R. Scoble)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Marguerite d'Angouleme—(Born in 1492, died in 1549.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of Husbands Who Are Unfaithful. (From the \"Heptameron\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Francois Rabelais—(Born in 1495, died in 1553.)\u003cbr\u003e   I: Gargantua in His Childhood. (From \"The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua.\" Translated by Urquhart and Motteux)\u003cbr\u003e   II: Gargantua's Education. (From \"The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua.\" Translated by Urquhart and Motteux)\u003cbr\u003e   III: Of the Founding of an Ideal Abbey. (From \"The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua.\" Translated by Urquhart and Motteux)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   John Calvin—(Born in 1509, died in 1564.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of Freedom for the Will. (From the \"Institutes\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Joachim Du Bellay—(Born about 1524, died in 1560.)\u003cbr\u003e   Why Old French Was Not as Rich as Greek and Latin. (From the \"Defense et Illustration de la Langue Françoise.\" Translated by Eric Arthur Bell)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Michel De Montaigne—(Born in 1533, died in 1592.)\u003cbr\u003e   I: A Word to His Readers. (From the preface to the \"Essays.\" Translated by John Florio)\u003cbr\u003e   II: Of Society and Solitude. (From the essay entitled \"Of Three Commerces.\" The Cotton translation, revised by W. C. Hazlitt)\u003cbr\u003e   III: Of His Own Library. (From the essay entitled \"Of Three Commerces.\" The Cotton translation, revised by W. C. Hazlitt)\u003cbr\u003e   IV: That the Soul Discharges Her Passions upon False Objects Where True Ones Are Wanting. (From the essay with that title. The Cotton translation)\u003cbr\u003e   V: That Men Are Not to Judge of Our Happiness Till After Death. (From the essay with that title. The Cotton translation)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Rene Descartes—(Born in 1596, died in 1650.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of Material Things and of the Existence of God. (From the \"Meditations.\" Translated by John Veitch)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Duc de la Rochefoucauld—(Born in France in 1613, died in 1680.)\u003cbr\u003e   A Selection from the \"Maxims.\" (Translated by Willis Bund and Hain Friswell)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Blaise Pascal—(Born in 1623, died in 1662.)\u003cbr\u003e   Of the Prevalence of Self-Love. (From the \"Thoughts.\" Translated by C. Kegan Paul)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   Madame de Sevigne—(Born in Paris in 1626, died in 1696.)\u003cbr\u003e   I: Great News from Paris. (From a letter dated Paris, December 15, 1670)\u003cbr\u003e   II: An Imposing Funeral Described. (From a letter to her daughter, dated Paris, May 6,1672)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177255059696,"sku":"9781605012711","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605012711_p0.jpg?v=1763833692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605012711","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}