The Age of Faith, 5. The Renaissance, 6. The Reformation, 7. The Age of Reason, 8. The Age of Voltaire, Rousseau and Revolution, The Age of Napoleon. Reviewer: Frenchkiller - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 1, Subject: The Great, Great Will Durant For anyone who loves learning about history without tedium or dry historical facts, Will Durant and his wife Ethel, or Ariel, as Will named her are God sends.
They write history with all the skills of a great novelist. Their works are absolute page turners. Reviewer: Peter68 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 26, Subject: Thank you Thank you to give us very good collection. I have several books and have gone through two highlighter pens. I figured it would be quicker and cheaper if I downloaded the books digitally.
Will grew up in another age, and yes, you may find an objectionable line here and there, but his work stands solidly upon the research of Will and his wife. No matter what we read, the author or authors twist their work to suit their values. It is up to us, the reader, to recognize dated remarks and move on. Durant is one of the masters of prose and a remarkable storyteller.
Anyone who loves to read should not go through this life without reading at least one of Will Durant's works. Reviewer: sigusmundo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 22, Subject: Well Worth a Year Spent Consuming These Volumes As full of wonder and quotable prose as any other work you will ever read.
Yes, the books have a fair share of misogyny and racism, homophobia and anti-communist propagandizing as one might expect from anything published during it's tenor. But, forgiving those shortcomings, the work When I first started reading the series in March of , it was my intent to keep a little book of quotes.
I didn't make it halfway through the first book before I realized that there was simply too much that was quotable. By the time I finished book 11 in February of , I felt like my whole entire life and language had been upgraded in a deep and meaningful way.
The writing is done with the eloquence of a great bard or statesman - behold, just two quotes among thousands: "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.
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Reviewer: DarkLotus5 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 6, Subject: Excellent work, but a few important technical problems I'm very glad for the work folks have in digitizing such an enormous and rich collection of history books.
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