- Juvenile literature, World history, Histoire universelle, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers.
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Epic, plot-driven, earnest and classical in form.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- E. H. Gombrich
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 9
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Yale University Press, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780300176148
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Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who became a naturalized British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom. He was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, including The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts.
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