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Readers who enjoy wit, nature walks, talk of books and theater, and lively arguments about America will find plenty here. It suits anyone who wants to sample Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau and Poe, a few pages at a time.
本の内容
What would a fly that lives for one day say about fame? Benjamin Franklin imagines exactly that in a short fable, and it opens this collection. The book gathers American essays written across more than a century, each showing how a sharp mind can think and feel in prose.
The Oxford Book of American Essays was edited by the critic Brander Matthews. It gathers pieces by Franklin, Irving, Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Thoreau, Whitman and many others. Some are comic, some argue a case, and some simply describe a walk, a dream or a hunt for wild bees. You get a quick tour of the American voice, and you meet a boy who overpays for a whistle, a talking book in Westminster Abbey, and a walker who heads toward the wild.
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- 1Franklin teaches wisdom through tiny comic fables無料
- 2Franklin's gout lectures him on idle living
- 3A shoemaker's trip shows marriage's comic troubles
- 4John Bull shows how a nation sees itself
- 5Books fade but true poets endure
- 6Dana praises acting that feels like nature
- 7Emerson finds meaning in gifts and great men
- 8Hawthorne's spring and Poe's method differ
- 9Thoreau asks you to walk toward the wild
- 10Later essays ask what American writing should be
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Franklin teaches wisdom through tiny comic fables
Franklin opens the collection with two short pieces written to his friend Madame Brillon in Paris. In The Ephemera, flies live and die within a single day, yet they argue over foreign musicians as if they had a month to spare. One old gray fly counts his long life of four hundred and twenty minutes and wonders what his labor and philosophy are worth, since his world will end in the eighteenth hour. He admits that fame means little to a creature who will no longer exist to enjoy it.
In The Whistle, Franklin recalls himself at seven. He spends all his holiday coppers on a toy whistle and whistles through the house until his family tells him he paid four times its worth. They laugh so hard that he cries, and the shame stings more than the whistle pleased him.
As a man he sees others give up rest, friends and virtue for favor at court, or ruin their health chasing pleasure. Each time he says the man is paying too much for his whistle. Before you chase any prize, ask what it will cost in time, peace and good friends. Measure the true price of what you want before you pay it.
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『オックスフォード版アメリカ随筆集』についての質問
What is The Oxford Book of American Essays about?
It is a collection of American essays chosen by Brander Matthews. The pieces range from Franklin's comic fables and Emerson's thoughts on gifts to Thoreau's Walking, Poe on writing The Raven, and later essays about American life and letters.
Who are the writers in The Oxford Book of American Essays?
The selection includes Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, W. D. Howells, Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt and others.
What is the Whistle in Franklin's essay?
The whistle is a toy that young Franklin overpays for. It stands for any goal, such as fame, wealth or pleasure, that costs more than it is worth. His rule is to ask what a thing truly costs.
Is The Oxford Book of American Essays easy to read?
Yes, the essays are short and each stands on its own, so you can read one at a time. Many are funny, such as the talking book, the shoemaker's trip and the dialogue with the Gout.
What is the main message of Thoreau's Walking?
Thoreau argues that wildness keeps people and nations healthy. He asks readers to walk with their minds present, to seek fresh views near home and to value wild thought over tame habit.
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Matthews, Brander. The Oxford Book of American Essays. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-oxford-book-of-american-essays.
Matthews, B. (2026). The Oxford book of American essays. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-oxford-book-of-american-essays
Matthews, Brander. The Oxford Book of American Essays. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-oxford-book-of-american-essays.
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author = {Matthews, Brander},
title = {The Oxford Book of American Essays},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-oxford-book-of-american-essays}
}
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