Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The binding of the 13th edition, known as the Centennial Edition and published in 1955
AuthorJohn Bartlett and others subsequently
LanguageEnglish
GenreNotable quotations
PublishedLittle, Brown and Company
Publication placeUnited States

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, often simply called Bartlett's, is an American reference work that is the longest-lived and most widely distributed collection of quotations. The book was first issued in 1855 and is currently in its 19th edition, published in 2022.[1]

The book arranges its entries by author, rather than by subject, unlike many other quotation collections, and enters the authors chronologically by date of birth rather than alphabetically. Within years, authors are arranged alphabetically and quotations are arranged chronologically within each author's entry, followed by attributed remarks whose source in the author's writings has not been confirmed. The book contains a thorough keyword index and details the source of each quotation.

  1. ^ O'Brien, Geoffrey; Bartlett, John (25 October 2022). Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (19th ed.). ISBN 978-0316375306.