One of the best-known, most often quoted English classics. Edward FitzGeraldrsquo;s free translation of skeptical, hedonistic verse attributed to Omar Khayyaacute;m (1048ndash;1122), Persian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Fifth edition incorporates FitzGeraldrsquo;s handwritten changes in the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition. Notes explaining Persian names and unfamiliar terms.
Maurice Greiffenhagen Knihy
Dickens went to America in 1842 expecting to find a brave new world whose institutions embodied his own political views. The Americans expected him to extol their new nation. Dickens, however, became deeply disturbed by American culture. American Notes attempts to portray fairly the young Republic's new cities, strange landscapes and bustling people, but is coloured by Dicken's doubts about the failings of democratic politics in an egalitarian society.