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 ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
hasDigitalVersion yes ⓘ
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Volume 43: American Historical Documents ⓘ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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