As the introduction to this volume notes, the confessions. This set includes volumes one through fiftyone, containing a series of classic world literature. Eliots five foot shelf, is a 51volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by harvard university president charles w. If you study the classics as an undergraduate at harvard, youll become familiar with at least one of the ancient languages, learn how to handle complex evidence, and write persuasively, while acquiring an appreciation for key aspects of the cultural legacy of two of the civilizations that have most shaped the modern world. Harvard classics volume 28 essays english and american by charles william eliot. Mobileread wiki harvard classics available at mobileread. Harvard classics volume 28 essays english and american by. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes. Set 50 of the harvard classics, 1910, answered by a verified antique expert. T are 50 numbered books plus the lectures book, for a total of 51 books. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Publication date c190910 usage public domain topics literature collections publisher new york. Collier and son loved the idea and asked eliot to assemble the right collection of works.
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My great aunt gave me her harvard classics set back in the late 40s and i still use it at least once a week, sometimes just pulling a volume out and reading. Convenient and wellprinted pocket volumes feature uptodate text and accurate and literate english translations on each facing page. This gap was partially remedied in 1917 when he edited a separate 20volume supplement, the harvard classics shelf of fictiona worthy but conventional and very limited selection. Benjamin franklin, plato, william shakespeare, ralph waldo emerson. I have just purchased a set called the collectors registered edition 1980 from someone on ebay but it only comes with 25 of the books and none of them are numbered on the spine either. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player.
The aim in these three volumes of english poetry has been to give, as far as the limits of space allowed, a substantial representation of the most distinguished poets of england and america for the last five hundred years. The harvard classics volume 38 scientific papers physiology, medicine, surgery, geology by seller thriftbooks published 1963 condition acceptable item price. Eliot and first published in 1909 eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books. Texts in the harvard classics collection courtesy of wikipedia vol.
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