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The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. 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 that could fit on a five-foot shelf. (Originally he had said a three-foot shelf.) The publisher P. F. Collier and Son saw an opportunity and challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result.
Eliot worked for one year with William A. Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes. Each volume had 400–450 pages, and the included texts are «so far as possible, entire works or complete segments of the world's written legacies.» The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in Collier's and elsewhere, with great success.
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.
The Wealth of Nations
The foundation for all modern economic thought and political economy, «The Wealth of Nations» is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith, who introduces the world to the very idea of economics and capitalism in the modern sense of the words. Smith details his argument in the following five books:
Introduction and plan of the work
Part 1 Of the Causes of Improvement in the productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally distributed among the different Ranks of the People
Chapter 1 Of the Division of Labour Chapter 2 Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour Chapter 3 That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market Chapter 4 Of the Origin and Use of Money Chapter 5 Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money Chapter 6 Of the component Parts of the Price of Commodities Chapter 7 Of the natural and market Price of Commodities Chapter 8 Of the Wages of Labour Chapter 9 Of the Profits of Stock Chapter 10 Of Wages and Profit in the different Employments of Labour and Stock Chapter 11 Of the Rent of Land 1. First Period 2. Second Period 3. Third Period 4. First Sort 5. Second Sort 6. Third Sort 7. Conclusion of the chapter
Part 2 Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock
Chapter 1 Of the Division of Stock Chapter 2 Of Money considered as a particular Branch of the general Stock of the Society, or of the Experience of maintaining the National Capital Chapter 3 Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of productive and unproductive Labour Chapter 4 Of Stock lent at Interest Chapter 5 Of the different Employment of Capitals
Part 3 Of the different Progress of Opulence in different Nations
Chapter 1 Of the Natural Progress of Opulence Chapter 2 Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the ancient State of Europe after the Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 3 Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns, after the Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 4 How the Commerce of the Towns contributed to the Improvement of the Country
Part 4 Of Systems of political Economy
Chapter 1 Of the Principle of the commercial, or mercantile System Chapter 2 Of Restraints upon the Importation from foreign Countries of such Goods as can be produced at Home Chapter 3 Of the extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods of almost all Kinds, from those Countries with which the Balance is supposed to be disadvantageous 1. Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints even upon the Principles of the Commercial System 2. Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upon other Principles Chapter 4 Of Drawbacks Chapter 5 Of Bounties Chapter 6 Of Treaties of Commerce Chapter 7 Of Colonies 1. Of the Motives for establishing new Colonies 2. Causes of Prosperity of New Colonies 3. Of the Advantages which Europe has derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope Chapter 8 Conclusion of the Mercantile System Chapter 9 Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy, which represent the Produce of Land, as either the sole or the principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of every Country
Part 5 Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth Chapter 1 Of the Expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth 1. Of the Expense of Defence 2. Of the Expense of Justice 3. Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions 4. Of the Expense of Supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign 5. Conclusion Chapter 2 Of the Sources of the general or public Revenue of the Society 1. Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth 2. Of Taxes Chapter 3 Of public Debts AUDIO BOOK
The Metamorphosis
discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.
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From its iconic opening scene, in which Gregor Samsa awakens to find himself transformed into an insect, to its heartbreaking conclusion, Kafka's novella remains a seminal work of magical realism. As Gregor navigates his new world, he begins to question the very meaning of his existence. One of the world's most widely read pieces of literature, THE METAMORPHOSIS is a tale of identity that continues to resonate with modern readers.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym «Ellis Bell». It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Although Wuthering Heights is now a classic of English literature, contemporaneous reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of mental and physical cruelty, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals regarding religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality. The novel is also about envy, nostalgia, pessimism and resentment. The English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, although an admirer of the book, referred to it as «A fiend of a book – an incredible monster […] The action is laid in hell, – only it seems places and people have English names there.» Wuthering Heights contains elements of gothic fiction and the moorland setting is a significant aspect of the drama. The novel has inspired many adaptations, including film, radio and television dramatisations; a musical; a ballet; operas, and a song by Kate Bush.
Little Women
Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March – and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted the composition of the book's second part, also a huge success. Both parts were first published as a single volume in 1880. The book is an unquestioned American classic.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880. Dostoevsky intended it to be the first part in an epic story titled The Life of a Great Sinner, but he died less than four months after its publication.
The book portrays a parricide in which each of the murdered man's sons share a varying degree of complicity. On a deeper level, it is a spiritual drama of moral struggles concerning faith, doubt, reason, free will and modern Russia. Dostoevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which is also the main setting of the novel.
Mark Twain: The Complete Novels
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Mark Twain is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called «the Great American Novel.»
Here you will find the complete novels of Mark Twain :
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2. The Prince and the Pauper 3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4. A Connecticut Yankee 5. The American Claimant 6. Tom Sawyer Abroad 7. Pudd'nhead Wilson 8. Tom Sawyer, Detective 9. A Horse's Tale 10. The Mysterious Stranger 11. The War Prayer 12. The celebrated jumping frog 13. The Million Pound Bank Note 14. Hunting the Deceitful Turkey 15. The McWilliamses
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete Novels
This book contains the complete novels of Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the chronological order of their original publication.
Poor Folk The Double Notes From The Underground Crime and Punishment The Gambler The Idiot The Possessed (The Devils) A Raw Youth The Dream of a Ridiculous Man The Brothers Karamazov
Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels and Novellas
Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. – Childhood – Boyhood – Youth – Family Happiness – The Cossacks – War and Peace – Anna Karenina – The Death of Ivan Ilyich – The Kreutzer Sonata – Resurrection – The Forged Coupon – Hadji Murad
William Shakespeare : Complete Collection (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry...)
This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! It comes with 150 original illustrations which are the engravings John Boydell commissioned for his Boydell Shakespeare Gallery This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!
The Comedies of William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Love's Labour 's Lost Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona Twelfth Night; or, What you will
The Romances of William Shakespeare
Cymbeline Pericles, Prince of Tyre The Tempest The Winter's Tale
The Tragedies of William Shakespeare
King Lear Romeo and Juliet The History of Troilus and Cressida The Life and Death of Julius Caesar The Life of Timon of Athens The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra The Tragedy of Coriolanus The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice Titus Andronicus
The Histories of William Shakespeare
The Life and Death of King John The Life and Death of King Richard the Second The Tragedy of King Richard the Third The first part of King Henry the Fourth The second part of King Henry the Fourth The Life of King Henry V The first part of King Henry the Sixth The second part of King Henry the Sixth The third part of King Henry the Sixth The Life of King Henry the Eighth
The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare
The Sonnets Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music A Lover's Complaint The Rape of Lucrece Venus and Adonis The Phoenix and the Turtle The Passionate Pilgrim