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The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics) by Robert Burton is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries.words : 551832

Who reads The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics)?

Author

Robert Burton

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940322660

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Medical, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.17 / 5 (936 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14