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Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes : The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction - The Classic Literature & The Greatest Works of Fiction from Antics to Modern Age

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Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes is an unparalleled anthology that captures the pinnacle of human thought and creativity across millennia and continents. This collection brings together the luminary works of literature, philosophy, and science, weaving a diverse tapestry of genres from the epic poetry of Homer to the existential musings of Dostoevsky, from the keen observations of Darwin to the impassioned arguments of Martin Luther. The anthology is notable not only for its vast array of literary styles but also for its inclusion of seminal works that have shaped the cultural, philosophical, and scientific landscape of the world, offering readers access to a wide spectrum of human expression and intellectual achievement. The diversity present within this collection, reflecting numerous cultural and historical contexts, ensures a rich and varied reading experience, underscored by contributions from figures as varied as Plato, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Mark Twain. The backgrounds of the contributing authors and editors form a mosaic of human achievement and thought. These individuals hail from different epochs, societies, and disciplines, yet each has contributed profoundly to the fabric of intellectual history. Their collective works encapsulate significant movements—ranging from the Enlightenment and Romanticism to the Renaissance and beyond—providing a panoramic view of human progress. This anthology aligns with these movements not only by its comprehensive inclusion of pivotal texts but also through its reflection of the evolving nature of human inquiry and the endless quest for knowledge. It stands as a testament to the interconnectedness of disparate voices and traditions, weaving them into a coherent narrative that celebrates human intellect and creativity. Harvard's Classics Collection: Complete 71 Volumes is recommended for readers who yearn to embark on an intellectual journey through time and ideas. This collection offers an unrivaled opportunity to engage with the minds that have shaped our world, inviting readers to explore the depth and breadth of human genius. Whether for scholarly purposes or personal enrichment, this anthology serves as a gateway to the fundamental texts and discoveries that have informed our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos. It promises to educate, inspire, and foster a deeper appreciation for the dialogue between different epochs, cultures, and perspectives, making it an indispensable resource for those seeking to immerse themselves in the legacy of human thought and achievement.


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