The Harvard Classics Anthology: 51 Volumes of Nonfiction Books + 20 Volumes of the Greatest Works of Fiction

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

déc. 2023 · Good Press

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The Harvard Classics Anthology stands as a monumental collection that showcases the remarkable breadth and depth of human thought, creativity, and expression across ages and cultures. Featuring works by luminary figures such as Plato, Shakespeare, Kant, Darwin, and many others, this anthology spans a multitude of literary styles, from the philosophical treatises of antiquity to the poignant narratives of the modern era. Each piece has been carefully selected to highlight the diversity of human thought and the continuities in our collective intellectual and cultural endeavors. The inclusion of stand-out pieces from varied time periods and geographic locales underscores the anthology's commitment to a comprehensive exploration of the human condition. Bringing together authors from the realms of literature, science, philosophy, and beyond, The Harvard Classics Anthology encompasses a striking array of backgrounds and perspectives. These authors, hailing from different centuries and societies, contribute to a dialogue that transcends temporal and geographical boundaries. The collection aligns with significant historical, cultural, and literary movements, offering readers insights into the development of human thought and the interplay of cultural forces. The varied voices in this anthology enrich the overarching theme by providing a multifaceted exploration of humanity's greatest achievements, struggles, and questions. The Harvard Classics Anthology is a testament to the enduring power of the written word and its capacity to illuminate the complexities of the human experience. Readers are afforded a unique opportunity to journey through time and space, encountering the minds and hearts of some of history's most revered thinkers and writers. This anthology is not merely a collection of works; it is an invitation to engage in a dialogue with the giants of human history. For scholars, students, and the intellectually curious, this volume offers an unparalleled educational experience, and the breadth of insights contained within its pages fosters a deeper understanding of our shared heritage and the continuing narrative of human thought and creativity.