Regarded by many as the most comprehensive anthology of all time, ‘The Harvard Classics’ was first published in 1909 under the supervision of the Harvard president Charles W. Eliot. An esteemed academic, Eliot had argued that the elements of a liberal education could be gained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. The publisher P. F. Collier challenged Eliot to make good on this statement and ‘Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf’ was the result. Eight years later Eliot added a further 20 volumes as a sub-collection titled ‘The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction’, offering some of the greatest novels and short stories of world literature. The exhaustive anthology of the ‘The Harvard Classics’ comprises every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject up to the twentieth century.  This comprehensive eBook presents the complete anthology, with Eliot’s original introductions, numerous illustrations, rare texts and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to life and works of the authors featured in the anthology

* All 51 volumes of ‘The Harvard Classics’

* Eliot’s original concise introductions

* Eliot’s general introduction to the anthology (Volume 50)

* The complete 20 volume edition of ‘The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction’

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Major works include the original illustrations that accompanied the text

* Easily locate the chapters and sections you want to read with individual contents tables

* Precise arrangement of texts into the original anthology order

* A veritable digital library comprised in a single eBook!

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CONTENTS:

Vol. 1: FRANKLIN, WOOLMAN, PENN

Vol. 2. PLATO, EPICTETUS

Vol. 3. BACON, MILTON’S PROSE

Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON

Vol. 5. ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS, EMERSON

Vol. 6. POEMS AND SONGS, BURNS

Vol. 7. CONFESSIONS

Vol. 8. NINE GREEK DRAMAS

Vol. 9. CICERO AND PLINY

Vol. 10. WEALTH OF NATIONS

Vol. 11. ORIGIN OF SPECIES

Vol. 12. PLUTARCH’S LIVES

Vol. 13. AENEID, VIRGIL

Vol. 14. DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES

Vol. 15. PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

Vol. 16. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

Vol. 17. FOLKLORE AND FABLE

Vol. 18. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA

Vol. 19. FAUST, EGMONT, ETC.

Vol. 20. THE DIVINE COMEDY

Vol. 21. I PROMESSI SPOSI

Vol. 22. THE ODYSSEY, HOMER

Vol. 23. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA

Vol. 24. ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION

Vol. 25. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ETC.

Vol. 26. CONTINENTAL DRAMA

Vol. 27. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY

Vol. 28. ESSAYS: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN

Vol. 29. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN

Vol. 30. FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC

Vol. 31. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENVENUTO CELLINI

Vol. 32. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS

Vol. 33. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS

Vol. 34. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS

Vol. 35. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE

Vol. 36. MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER

Vol. 37. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME

Vol. 38. HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR

Vol. 39. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES

Vol. 40-2. ENGLISH POETRY

Vol. 43. AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Vol. 44-5. SACRED WRITINGS

Vol. 46-7. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA

Vol. 48. THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL

Vol. 49. EPIC AND SAGA

Vol. 50. INTRODUCTION

Vol. 51. LECTURES

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

20 Volumes: FIELDING to TURGENEV