The Complete Harvard Classics Shelf: 51 Volumes of Essential Classics + 20 Volumes of the Greatest Works of Fiction

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · Thomas Carlyle · Theodor Storm · Plato · Theodor Fontane · René Descartes · Gottfried Keller · Mark Twain · Immanuel Kant · Charles Darwin · Martin Luther · Robert Louis Stevenson · William Shakespeare · Dante Alighieri · Euripides · Percy Bysshe Shelley · Charles Lamb · Henry David Thoreau · Henry James · Samuel Johnson · John Stuart Mill · Victor Hugo · David Hume · Joseph Addison · Jane Austen · John Locke · John Fletcher · Francis Beaumont · Leigh Hunt · Epictetus · Alphonse Daudet · Thomas De Quincey · Guy de Maupassant · George Eliot · Walter Scott · Laurence Sterne · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · Jonathan Swift · Christopher Marlowe · Wilhelm Grimm · William Hazlitt · Marcus Tullius Cicero · Daniel Defoe · Aesop · Richard Henry Dana · Henry Fielding · John Dryden · Philip Massinger · Pedro Calderón de la Barca · Bret Harte · George Sand · John Ruskin · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Ernest Renan · Robert Burns · David Garrick · Ralph Waldo Emerson · John Webster · Washington Irving · Izaak Walton · John Bunyan · Juan Valera · Alfred de Musset · James Russell Lowell · Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Homer · Edmund Burke · Plutarch · Molière · Aeschylus · Michael Faraday · Sophocles · William Makepeace Thackeray · Benjamin Franklin · Edward Everett Hale · Pierre Corneille · Jean Racine · Voltaire · Robert Browning · Oliver Goldsmith · Thomas Dekker · John Milton · Aristophanes · Blaise Pascal · Virgil · Richard Brinsley Sheridan · Simon Newcomb · William Penn · Walter Bigges · Philip Sidney · Herodotus · Walter Raleigh · Francis Bacon · Giuseppe Mazzini · Francis Pretty · George Berkeley · Thomas Hobbes · Adam Smith · Alessandro Manzoni · Abraham Cowley · Michel de Montaigne · Ben Jonson · John Woolman · Benvenuto Cellini · Sydney Smith · Jean Froissart · William Henry Harrison · William Harvey · Marcus Aurelius · Hans Christian Andersen · Thomas Malory · George Gordon Byron · Thomas à Kempis · Ivan Turgenev · Richard Steele · Thomas Browne · Archibald Geikie · Thomas Babington Macaulay · Leo Tolstoy · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Tacitus · William Roper · Hippocrates · Miguel de Cervantes · Thomas More · Friedrich von Schiller · Philip Nichols · Louis Pasteur · Joseph Lister · Jean Jacques Rousseau · Pliny the Younger · Charles W. Eliot · Edgar Alan Poe · Saint Augustine · Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz · Francis Drake · Edward Haies · Niccolo Machiavelli · Ambroise Paré · William A. Neilson · Honoré Balzac · Alexander L. Kielland

Dec 2023 · Good Press

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The Complete Harvard Classics Shelf, encompassing 51 Volumes of Essential Classics along with 20 Volumes of the Greatest Works of Fiction, embodies an unprecedented literary compilation that spans the spectrum of human thought and expression. This collection showcases a vast array of themesfrom the foundations of Western philosophy and the intricacies of political theory to the nuanced realms of personal experience and the rich tapestry of the human condition. Within its pages, readers will encounter a diverse range of literary styles, from the dramatic dialogues of Plato to the biting wit of Mark Twain, and from the Romantic visions of Percy Bysshe Shelley to the piercing observations of Jane Austen. The anthology stands as a testament to the enduring value of literature, inviting a re-examination of classic works that continue to challenge, inspire, and provoke dialogue across generations. The contributing authors and editors, each a luminary in their respective fields, bring together an illustrious tapestry of voices that reflect the breadth and depth of human experience. This collection spans epochs, continents, and genres, offering insights into the minds of figures like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Charles Darwin, and William Shakespeare, alongside those of Aristotle, Francis Bacon, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. By weaving together the contributions of such a diverse group, The Harvard Classics Shelf aligns itself not only with multiple historical and cultural movements but also with the evolution of literary and philosophical thought. The anthology serves as a bridge, connecting readers with the intellectual and creative endeavors that have shaped our world. This anthology is recommended for anyone with a passion for literature, philosophy, and history. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with the seminal works that have laid the foundation for much of contemporary thought and literature. Readers are encouraged to delve into its volumes to explore the multitude of perspectives, styles, and themes. The Complete Harvard Classics Shelf does more than furnish readers with a comprehensive education in literature and philosophy; it opens up a dialogue between past and present, inviting an exploration of the timeless human issues that continue to engage us today. For scholars, students, and lifelong learners alike, this collection promises an enriching journey through the landscape of human knowledge and creativity.