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The preparation for writing a classic,
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This review is from: Autobiography of Edward Gibbon (World's Classics, No 139) (Hardcover)
In this short work Gibbon essentially describes the background to his writing his great work " The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". He tells the story of his sickly childhood, his less than satisfactory education at Oxford. He tells essentially how his hunger for knowledge led to the great self- education which is preparation for the writing of his work. There is also the story of his falling in love, and his obedience to his father's rejection of the match. The great turning point moment of his life is described as follows," It was at Rome , on the 15th of October 1764,as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol ,while the barefooted friars were singing Vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind."
The majesty of the great prose style of the 'Decline and Fall is also felt in this work. |
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Autobiography of Edward Gibbon (World's Classics, No 139) by Edward Gibbon (Hardcover - June 1980)
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