The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature: All 71 Volumes - The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Thomas Carlyle · Plato · Charles Darwin · Dante Alighieri · Euripides · Percy Bysshe Shelley · Charles Lamb · Samuel Johnson · John Stuart Mill · David Hume · Joseph Addison · Leigh Hunt · Epictetus · Thomas De Quincey · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · Jonathan Swift · Christopher Marlowe · Jacob Grimm · Wilhelm Grimm · William Hazlitt · Marcus Tullius Cicero · Daniel Defoe · Aesop · Richard Henry Dana · John Dryden · Pedro Calderón de la Barca · John Ruskin · Robert Burns · David Garrick · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Izaak Walton · John Bunyan · Homer · Edmund Burke · Plutarch · Molière · Aeschylus · Sophocles · William Makepeace Thackeray · Benjamin Franklin · Pierre Corneille · Jean Racine · Robert Browning · Oliver Goldsmith · John Milton · Aristophanes · Virgil · Richard Brinsley Sheridan · William Penn · Philip Sidney · Francis Bacon · Adam Smith · Alessandro Manzoni · Abraham Cowley · Ben Jonson · John Woolman · Sydney Smith · Marcus Aurelius · Hans Christian Andersen · George Gordon Byron · Thomas à Kempis · Richard Steele · Thomas Browne · Thomas Babington Macaulay · Miguel de Cervantes · Friedrich von Schiller · Pliny the Younger · Saint Augustine

Nov 2023 · DigiCat

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DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited collection. The Harvard Classics in 51 volumes include the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In addition – there are 20 volumes of the greatest works of fiction. Content: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Robert Burns V. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á Kempis V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas V. 9: Cicero and Pliny V. 10: The Wealth of Nations V. 11: The Origin of Species V. 12: Plutarchs V. 13: Æneid V. 14: Don Quixote V. 15: Bunyan & Walton V. 16: 1001 Nights V. 17: Folklore & Fable V. 18: Modern English Drama V. 19: Goethe & Marlowe V. 20: The Divine Comedy V. 21: I Promessi Sposi V. 22: The Odyssey V. 23: Two Years Before the Mast V. 24: Edmund Burke V. 25: J. S. Mill & T. Carlyle V. 26: Continental Drama V. 27 & 28: English & American Essays V. 29: The Voyage of the Beagle V. 30: Scientific Papers V. 31: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini V. 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays V. 33: Voyages & Travels V. 34: French & English Philosophers V. 35: Chronicle and Romance V. 36: Machiavelli, Roper, More, Luther V. 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume V. 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur V. 39: Prologues V. 40–42: English Poetry V. 43: American Historical Documents V. 44 & 45: Sacred Writings V. 46 & 47: Elizabethan Drama V. 48: Blaise Pascal V. 49: Saga V. 50: Reader's Guide V. 51: Lectures The Shelf of Fiction: V. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones V. 3: A Sentimental Journey & Pride and Prejudice V. 4: Guy Mannering V. 5 & 6: Vanity Fair V. 7 & 8: David Copperfield V. 9: The Mill on the Floss V. 10: Irving, Poe, Harte, Twain, Hale V.11: The Portrait of a Lady V. 12: Notre Dame de Paris V. 13: Balzac, Sand, de Musset, Daudet, de Maupassant V. 14 & 15: Goethe, Keller, Storm, Fontane V. 16–19: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev V. 20: Valera, Bjørnson, Kielland

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) remains one of the paramount figures of German literature, whose work has left an indelible mark on the landscape of Western thought and art. Goethe's literary creation spans poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, science, and philosophy. A prolific writer and polymath, he gave the world some of the most enduring literary masterpieces. Amongst these, his magnum opus, 'Faust,' a tragic play that delves into themes of temptation, redemption, and the quest for enlightenment and knowledge, is widely considered a cornerstone of German literature and has significantly influenced the modern reception of the Faust legend. His other seminal works include 'The Sorrows of Young Werther,' which popularized the Sturm und Drang literary movement and significantly impacted the era's sensibilities by encapsulating the inner turmoil and the intense emotions of its protagonist. The novel was pivotal in shaping the Romantic movement in literature. Moreover, Goethe's interests and writings were not confined merely to literature; his scientific ideas, particularly those concerning plant morphology and color theory, were revolutionary, though not always accepted in his time. The inclusion of his writings in 'The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature' is a testament to his universality and the lasting relevance of his intellectual contributions. Goethe's creativity, intellectual depth, and contribution to world literature remain critically acclaimed, and he is celebrated as a titan of the literary world, with an influence that transcends cultural and temporal boundaries.