Harvard Classics

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Harvard Classics is a 51-volume anthology of classic literature and foundational texts compiled in the early 20th century as a comprehensive liberal education collection.

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instanceOf anthology
book series
literary collection
aim to provide a comprehensive liberal education
alsoKnownAs Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf
Eliot's Five Foot Shelf
associatedWith Charles William Eliot
linked to: Charles W. Eliot

Harvard University
compiler Charles W. Eliot
countryOfOrigin United States
editor Charles W. Eliot
educationalPhilosophy liberal education through great books
genre classic literature
educational anthology
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hasPart Volume 10: Wealth of Nations (Selections) by Adam Smith
Volume 11: Origin of Species (Selections) by Charles Darwin
Volume 12: Plutarch's Lives (Selections)
Volume 13: Aeneid by Virgil
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid

Volume 14: Don Quixote (Selections) by Cervantes
linked to: Don Quixote

Volume 15: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Volume 16: The Thousand and One Nights (Selections)
linked to: The Arabian Nights

Volume 17: Folk Stories and Fables
Volume 18: Modern English Drama
Volume 19: Faust by Goethe
linked to: Faust, Part One

Volume 1: Franklin, Woolman, Penn
Volume 20: The Divine Comedy by Dante
Volume 21: I Promessi Sposi (Selections) by Manzoni
linked to: I Promessi Sposi

Volume 22: The Odyssey of Homer
linked to: Homer's Odyssey

Volume 23: Two Years Before the Mast by Dana
Volume 24: On the Sublime; French Revolution; etc.
Volume 25: Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Volume 26: Continental Drama
Volume 27: English Essays
Volume 28: Essays and English Traits (additional)
Volume 29: Voyage of the Beagle (Selections)
Volume 2: Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
Volume 30: Scientific Papers
Volume 31: Autobiography, etc.
Volume 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays
Volume 33: Voyages and Travels
Volume 34: French and English Philosophers
Volume 35: Chronicle and Romance
Volume 36: Machiavelli, More, Luther
Volume 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume
Volume 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur
Volume 39: Famous Prefaces
Volume 3: Essays by Bacon, Milton, Browne
linked to: Bacon's Essays

Volume 40: English Poetry 1
Volume 41: English Poetry 2
Volume 42: English Poetry 3
Volume 43: American Historical Documents
Volume 44: Sacred Writings 1
Volume 45: Sacred Writings 2
Volume 46: Elizabethan Drama 1
Volume 47: Elizabethan Drama 2
Volume 48: Thoughts and Minor Works
Volume 49: Epic and Saga
Volume 4: Complete Poems of John Milton
linked to: Paradise Lost

Volume 50: Introduction, Reader's Guide, Indexes
Volume 51: Lectures
Volume 5: Essays and English Traits by Emerson
Volume 6: Poems and Songs by Robert Burns
Volume 7: Confessions of St. Augustine; Imitation of Christ
Volume 8: Nine Greek Dramas
Volume 9: Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny
linked to: Epistulae
inception early 20th century
intendedUse home study
liberal education
language English
mediaType print
numberOfVolumes 51
physicalDescription approximately five feet of shelf space
publicationPeriod 1909–1910
publisher P. F. Collier & Son
selectionCriteria classic works of literature
foundational texts of Western civilization
important religious and spiritual texts
important works of history
important works of philosophy
important works of science
targetAudience general readers
self-educating adults

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Charles W. Eliot notableWork Harvard Classics