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PublisherLittle Brown & Company

ISBN-100316375306

ISBN-139780316375306

eBay Product ID (ePID)11057229870

Product Key Features

Number of Pages1504 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBartlett's Familiar Quotations

SubjectPersonal & Practical Guides, Directories, Quotations

Publication Year2022

TypeNot Available

AuthorJohn Bartlett

Subject AreaReference

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight72.3 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width7.7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number19

LCCN2022-938597

Dewey Edition23

Reviews" Bartlett's Familiar Quotations remains the go-to source for checking who said what, when, and where. The massive manual of missives and mottos has enabled writers, students, and even gamblers ('Bet you don't know who said . . . ') to get it right."-- Dave Kindy, Boston Globe

Dewey Decimal808.88/2

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisMore than 150 years after its initial publication, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth edi tion. 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, Bartlett's includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 con tributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled.While continuing to draw on timeless classi cal 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. Bartlett's 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. Bartlett's makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chrono logically by the author's 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 "Who said that?" Bartlett's offers readers and schol ars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influ enced, More than 150 years after its original publication, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has been completely revised and updated for its nineteenth edition. Bartlett's showcases a sweeping survey of world history through its most memorable words, from ancient Egypt to today. The new edition incorporates more than 3,000 new quotes and over seven hundred newly added authors include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Claudia Rankine, Pope Francis, Stan Lee, Jonathan Franzen, Joe Biden, Octavia Butler, Bernie Sanders, Simone Biles, David Bowie, Amy Tan, Patricia Highsmith, Beyoncé, Anthony Fauci, Charles M. Blow, Wes Anderson, Ray Bradbury, Atul Gawande, Colin Kaepernick, Anthony Bourdain, Lucille Clifton, Frida Kahlo, Bill McKibben, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alison Bechdel, Louise Bourgeois, Roberto Bolaño, Greta Thunberg, Fred Rogers, George Carlin, Hilary Mantel, Kevin Young, and Elizabeth Warren. In the classic Bartlett's tradition, the book offers readers and scholars alike a stunning treasury of those words that have influenced and molded our language and culture., 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, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations now enters its nineteenth edition. 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, Bartlett's includes more than 20,000 quotes from roughly 4,000 contributors. Spanning centuries of thought and culture, it remains the finest and most popular compendium of quotations ever assembled. While continuing to draw on timeless classical 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. Bartlett's 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. Bartlett's makes searching for the perfect quote easy in three ways: alphabetically by author, chronologically by the author's 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 "Who said that?" Bartlett's offers readers and scholars alike a stunning treasury of words that have influenced

LC Classification NumberPN6081.B27 2022