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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction (Classic Reprint)

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
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Release : 2016-07-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1333049811

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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction The history of the German novel would have, however, also to record that those writers have secured the most permanent distinction who have most significantly modified in their own way the suggestions which foreign examples gave them, and that the greatest distinction of all belongs to writers whom we can, if we will, associate with one or another of the main currents, but wh'o are by no means carried away by it. In the work of these men the national character of the German novel, if it has a national character, ought to be discoverable. For two reasons it is a fair question whether the Ger man novel has a national character. In the first place, modern Germany has been a nation only since 1871; and in the second place, only in times of some great crisis does there appear to be in Germany a national life, as we under stand the term. At other times life in Germany is urban, provincial, or private, in those aspects of existence which the Germans most prize. The imperial capital affects to represent Germany as London represents England and Paris represents France; but such ascendancy is stoutly denied Berlin in the capitals of the other states, and Saxons or Bavarians refuse to submit to Prussian hegemony in any other than political and military affairs. In literature Prussia is not the nation; the empire itself is a federation of states, and Berlin is less specifically a German city than any other in the realm. Germany is emphatically e pluribus. Still, there may be some bond of union stronger than political alliance, some fundamental quality common to Prussian, Saxon, and Bavarian. In this we should seek the national character. We should find the national character depicted in the historical novel, which has had a great vogue in Germany; but we may discern it also in the fiction devoted to the problems of contemporary life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
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Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1333055048

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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction: Pepita Jimenez, by Juan Valera; A Happy Boy, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson; Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. Kielland After the revolution in 1868 Valera held high Office during the short reign of Amadeo of Savoy, but withdrew when the republic was set up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

The Harvard Classics

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106007667253

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 526 pages
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Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290705763

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction (Classic Reprint)

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0265381002

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Excerpt from The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction The history of the German novel would have, however, also to record that those writers have secured the most permanent distinction who have most significantly modified in their own way the suggestions which foreign examples gave them, and that the greatest distinction of all belongs to writers whom we can, if we will, associate with one or another Of the main currents, but wh'o are by no means carried away by it. In the work of these men the national character Of the German novel, if it has a national character, ought to be discoverable. For two reasons it is a fair question whether the Ger man novel has a national character. In the first place, modern Germany has been a nation only Since 1871; and in the second place, only in times of some great crisis does there appear to be in Germany a national life, as we under stand the term. At other times life in Germany is urban, provincial, or private, in those aspects of existence which the Germans most prize. The imperial capital affects to represent Germany as London represents England and Paris represents France; but such ascendancy is stoutly denied Berlin in the capitals of the other states, and Saxons or Bavarians refuse to submit to Prussian hegemony in any other than political and military affairs. In literature Prussia is not the nation; the empire itself is a federation of states, and Berlin is less specifically a German city than any other in the realm. Germany is emphatically e plum'bus. Still, there may be some bond of union stronger than political alliance, some fundamental quality common to Prussian, Saxon, and Bavarian. In this we should seek the national character. We should find the national character depicted in the historical novel, which has had a great vogue in Germany; but we may discern it also in the fiction devoted to the problems Of contemporary life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Harvard Classics: All 71 Volumes

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Thomas Carlyle,Theodor Storm,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,David Hume,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,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
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Page : 24734 pages
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Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547793762

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Harvard Classics: All 71 Volumes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,Gotthold Ephraim Lessing,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Thomas Carlyle,Theodor Storm,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,David Hume,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,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 Pdf

Good Press presents to you this unique and meticulously edited collection by Dr. Eliot: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: Poems by John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Poems by Robert Burns V. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á Kempis V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas V. 9: Cicero and Pliny V. 10: The Wealth of Nations V. 11: The Origin of Species V. 12: Plutarch's Lives V. 13: Æneid V. 14: Don Quixote V. 15: Bunyan & Walton V. 16: Thousand and One Nights V. 17: Folklore & Fable V. 18: Modern English Drama V. 19: Goethe & Marlowe V. 20: The Divine Comedy V. 21: I Promessi Sposi V. 22: The Odyssey V. 23: Two Years Before the Mast V. 24: Edmund Burke V. 25: J. S. Mill & T. Carlyle V. 26: Continental Drama V. 27 & 28: English and American Essays V. 29: The Voyage of the Beagle V. 30: Scientific Papers V. 31: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini V. 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays V. 33: Voyages & Travels V. 34: French & English Philosophers V. 35: Chronicle and Romance V. 36: Machiavelli, Roper, More, Luther V. 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume V. 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur V. 39: Prefaces and Prologues V. 40–42: English Poetry V. 43: American Historical Documents V. 44 & 45: Sacred Writings V. 46 & 47: Elizabethan Drama V. 48: Blaise Pascal V. 49: Epic and Saga V. 50: Reader's Guide V. 51: Lectures The Shelf of Fiction: V. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones V. 3: A Sentimental Journey & Pride and Prejudice V. 4: Guy Mannering V. 5 & 6: Vanity Fair V. 7 & 8: David Copperfield V. 9: The Mill on the Floss V. 10: Hawthorne, Irving, Poe, Harte, Twain, Hale V.11: The Portrait of a Lady V. 12: Notre Dame de Paris V. 13: Balzac, Sand, de Musset, Daudet, de Maupassant V. 14 & 15: Goethe, Keller, Storm, Fontane V. 16–19: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev V. 20: Valera, Bjørnson, Kielland

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086722659

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 5

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021606014

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 5 by Charles William Eliot Pdf

This collection features works of fiction carefully selected by Harvard University's President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot and his assistant editor William A. Neilson based on their belief that a liberal education must include a familiarity with the classics of literature. These volumes contain some of the most significant and influential works of fiction from authors such as Jane Austen, Victor Hugo, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Volume 15

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230386440

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction Volume 15 by Charles William Eliot Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... deathly fear for him driven her out of her safe house? And now--was she crying a last word to him? These questions shot through his brain; they were never answered, for from her to him, and from him to her, their words were all lost. Only a roar as if the world were coming to an end filled their ears and let no other sound enter. "My child! Oh, Elke, oh, faithful Elke!" Hauke shouted out into the storm. Then another great piece of the dike fell crashing into the depth, and the sea rushed after it, thundering. Once more he saw the head of the horse below, saw the wheels of the cart emerge out of the wild, o DEGREESJ' DEGREESix horror and then, caught in an eddy, sink underneath it and d DEGREES drown. The staring eyes of the rider, who was left all alone on the dike, saw nothing more. "The end!" he said, in a low voice to himself. Then he rode up to the abyss where the water, gurgling gruesomely, was beginning to flood his home village. Still he saw the light glimmer from his house; it was soulless now. He drew himself up erect, and drove the spurs into his horse's shanks; the horse reared and would almost have fallen over, but the man's force held it down. "Go on!" he called once more, as he had called so often when he wanted a brisk ride. "Lord God, take me, save the others!" One more prick of the spurs; a scream from the horse .J' . that rose above the storm and the roar of the waves--then '_.-"' from the rushing stream below a muffled sound, a short struggle. The moon shone from her height, but down on the dike there was no more life, only the wild waters that soon had 'i 'V almost wholly flooded the old land. But the hill of Hauke (/., Haien's farm was still rising above the turmoil, the light was still glimmering there and from the higher land, where...

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 1

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0343774771

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Harvard Classics in a Year

Author : Amanda Kennedy
Publisher : Amanda Kennedy
Page : 4457 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Harvard Classics in 365 Days aims to provide a whirlwind tour of classic literature. By reading for just 15 minutes a day throughout the year, you can discover text from “twelve main divisions of knowledge” including History, Poetry, Natural Science, Philosophy, Biography, Prose Fiction, Criticism and the Essay, Education, Political Science, Drama, Voyages and Travel and Religion. Based on Dr. Eliot's “reading guide” for The Harvard Classics, a complete chapter of reading material is included for each day of the year (even February 29th, in case you are reading during a Leap Year): "These selections assigned for each day in the year as you will see, are introduced by comments on the author, the subjects or the chief characters. They will serve to introduce you in the most pleasant manner possible to the Harvard Classics. They will enable you to browse enjoyably among the world’s immortal writings with entertainment and stimulation in endless variety.." Each reading is framed by an introduction, a context in which the text can be read and understood, often with insightful information about the author, it's wider history, or why that particular selection is appropriate reading for that day.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, Volume 6

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358709815

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, Volume 6 by Charles William Eliot Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 15

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342672258

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 15 by Charles William Eliot Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 7

Author : Charles William Eliot
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020247525

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 7 by Charles William Eliot Pdf

This collection of fiction from the Harvard Classics series includes works from some of the greatest authors in literature, including Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain. These timeless stories are sure to captivate readers of all ages and backgrounds. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 3

Author : Charles William Eliot,William Allan Neilson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020687258

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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction; Volume 3 by Charles William Eliot,William Allan Neilson Pdf

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction is a collection of the greatest works of fiction from around the world, curated by Charles William Eliot, the former president of Harvard University. It includes works by authors such as Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Joyce, among others. This collection is an essential addition to any library. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.