Frank Parsons’s The World’s Best Books: A Key to the Treasures of Literature is a guide to reading, recommending the great works of world literature to the general reader. It surveys authors and titles across many fields, offering a program of self-education through books.
Reflecting the era’s faith in reading as a means of self-improvement, the book serves as both a reading list and an argument for the value of literature. It is a useful window into the canon as presented to early-twentieth-century readers. Download the free EPUB of this classic guide to the world’s best books.