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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · Thomas Carlyle · Theodor Storm · Charles Dickens · 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 · 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 · Jacob Grimm · 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 - ALL 71 Volumes, stands as a monumental anthology that embarks on an epic journey through the annals of world literature, philosophy, and science. This collection is distinguished by its diverse array of literary styles, embracing works from ancient tracts to the prose of the Enlightenment and the poetry of the Romantic era. The anthology skillfully intertwines the dynamics of literary form, thematic depth, and historical context, offering readers an unparalleled vista into human thought and creativity. Among its pages, standout pieces across civilizations and centuries coalesce, forming a dialogue that transcends temporal and geographical boundaries, reflective of editor Charles W. Eliot's vision of a comprehensive 'five-foot shelf' of books that could serve as a good education in itself. The contributing authors and editors, ranging from Homer to Shakespeare, and Darwin to Tolstoy, present a tapestry rich with the intellectual and cultural movements that have shaped human history. This anthology not only mirrors the evolution of literature and thought but also encapsulates the spirit of the periods from which these titans hailed. Their collective works, diverse in origin yet unified in their exploration of human experience, provide insight into the notions of identity, morality, and society. The anthology stands as a testament to the enduring nature of their contributions, aligning with various historical, cultural, and literary movements and fostering a deeper appreciation for the multiplicity of human expression. The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes is not merely a collection to be admired from afar but is a vibrant invitation to immerse oneself in the wealth of knowledge and emotion captured within its pages. It beckons scholars, students, and curious minds alike to delve into its depths, offering an educational journey that is as profound as it is expansive. This anthology facilitates a dialogue with the minds of great thinkers and artists across ages, providing a unique opportunity to explore the landscape of human culture and intellect. Engaging with this collection is to partake in an ongoing conversation about the values, questions, and understandings that continue to shape our world.