The Education of Henry Adams
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Henry AdamsЖанр:
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2024-10-24Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
177
Description
One of the most well-known and influential autobiographies ever written, The Education of Henry Adams is told in the third person, as if its author were watching his own life unwind. It begins with his early life in Quincy, the family seat outside of Boston, and soon moves on to primary school, Harvard College, and beyond. He learns about the unpredictability of politics from statesmen and diplomats, and the newest discoveries in technology, science, history, and art from some of the most important thinkers and creators of the day. In essentially every case, Adams claims, his education and upbringing let him down, leaving him in the dark.
But as the historian David S. Brown puts it, this is a “charade”: The...
