Product Information
First published in 1855, BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely updated and revised for the seventeenth edition by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. This 17th edition, under Kaplan's splendid direction, contains over 20,000 quotations, representing 2,500 authors, 90 of whom are new to BARTLETT'S. New comers include Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Tony Kushner, Tammy Wynette, Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, Frank O'Hara, Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis, Mother Teresa, Jacques Cousteau, Rudolph Giuliani, Alfred Hitchcock, L. M. Montgomery, Eric Ambler, Jerry Seinfeld, J.K. Rowling, Katharine Graham, and Emma Goldman. With quotations presented in chronological order, in the famous BARTLETT'S tradition, BARTLETT'S gives the reader a vast panorama of the world, from the ancient Egyptians to the latest movie, from the inspirational and the beautiful to the sardonic and the downright funny.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316084603
ISBN-139780316084604
eBay Product ID (ePID)142331
Product Key Features
Number of Pages1488 Pages
Publication NameBartlett's Familiar Quotations
LanguageEnglish
SubjectQuotations
Publication Year2002
FeaturesRevised
TypeNot Available
AuthorJohn Bartlett
Subject AreaRéférence
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight63.2 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number17
LCCN2003-269668
Dewey Edition22
Grade fromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal808.88/2
Edition DescriptionRevised Edition
Intended AudienceTrade
Lc Classification NumberPn6081