Familiar quotations; a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
by:
John Bartlett (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940019931811 (0019931816)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Won this as a strange academic prize in secondary school. I REALLY loved this book.
The strongest reason for getting rid of this book is the reason I probably never will--this stood on the family bookshelves before I was born--this edition is from 1955. I remember browsing through it as a child and finding quotations that spoke to me. As such it was a gateway to literature, since i...