{"product_id":"9781605012759","title":"The Best Of The World's Classics (Restricted To Prose) Volume III - Great Britain And Ireland I: 1281-1745","description":" \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eRichard de Bury\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1281, died in 1345.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   In Praise of Books. (From the \"Philobiblon\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSir John Mandeville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Reputed author.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I: The Route from England to Constantinople. (From the \"Travels\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: At the Court of the Great Chan. (From the \"Travels\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eJohn Wyclif\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born about 1324, died in 1384.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Baptism of Christ. (Being a translation from the Gospel of Mark)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born about 1340, died in 1400.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Of Acquiring and Using Riches. (One of the prose \"Canterbury Tales\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eWilliam Caxton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born about 1422, died in 1491.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Of True Nobility and Chivalry. (From the \"Game and Playe of Chesse.\" Translated by Caxton from the French original)\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSir Thomas Malory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born about 1430, died after 1470.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Of the Finding of a Sword for Arthur. (From the \"Morte d'Arthur\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1478, died in 1535.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Life in Utopia. (From the \"Utopia\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eJohn Knox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1505, died in 1572.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   An Interview with Mary Queen of Scots. (From the \"History of the Reformation in Scotland\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eRoger Ascham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1515, died in 1568.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Of Gentle Methods in Teaching. (From the \"Schoolmaster\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eJohn Foxe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1516, died in 1587.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Death of Anne Boleyn. (From the \"Book of Martyrs\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSir Walter Raleigh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1552, died in 1618.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Mutability of Human Affairs. (From the Preface to the \"History of the World\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eFrancis Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1561, died in 1626.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I: Of Travel. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: Of Riches. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   III: Of Youth and Age. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   IV: Of Revenge. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   V: Of Marriage and Single Life. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   VI: Of Envy. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   VII: Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   VIII: Of Studies. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   IX: Of Regiment of Health. (From the \"Essays\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1564, died in 1616.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I: Brutus to His Countrymen. (From \"Julius Cæsar\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: Shylock in Defense of His Race. (From the \"Merchant of Venice\")\u003cbr\u003e   III: Hamlet to the Players. (From \"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eBen Jonson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1573, died in 1637.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Shakespeare and Other Wits. (From \"Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eIzaak Walton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1593, died in 1683.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I: The Antiquity of Angling. (From Part I, Chapter IV, of \"The Compleat Angler\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: Of the Trout. (From Part I, Chapter IV, of \"The Compleat Angler\")\u003cbr\u003e   III: The Death of George Herbert. (From the \"Lives\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eJames Howell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1595, died in 1666.) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I: The Bucentaur Ceremony in Venice. (From the \"Familiar Letters\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: The City of Rome in 1621. (From the \"Familiar Letters\")\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eSir Thomas Browne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—(Born in 1605, died in 1682.\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e   I: Of Charity in Judgments. (From the \"Religio Medici\")\u003cbr\u003e   II: Nothing Strictly Immortal. (From Chapter V of \"Urn Burial\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182995423472,"sku":"9781605012759","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605012759_p0.jpg?v=1763827740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605012759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}