The Harvard Classics
Complete 50-Volume Set • 1909 Edition
The "Five-Foot Shelf": A curated library by Harvard President Dr. Charles W. Eliot designed to provide a "portable university" for the home scholar.
- ✓ Goal: A complete liberal arts education via 15 minutes of daily reading.
- ✓ Scope: 50 volumes covering over 2,000 years of philosophy, science, and drama.
- ✓ Legacy: The definitive collection of works that shaped civilization.
Please Note: These volumes are high-quality scanned copies of the original 1909 printing. They preserve the authentic typography and historical character of the original edition and are not newly typeset.
Franklin
Woolman
Penn
Woolman
Penn
Franklin Woolman Penn (Vol. 1)
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Plato
Epictetus
Marcus Aurelius
Epictetus
Marcus Aurelius
Plato Epictetus Marcus Aurelius (Vol. 2)
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Bacon
Milton
Browne
Milton
Browne
Bacon Milton Browne (Vol. 3)
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Complete Poems
Milton
Milton
Complete Poems Milton (Vol. 4)
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Essays
Emerson
Emerson
Essays Emerson (Vol. 5)
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns (Vol. 6)
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St. Augustine
Kempis
Kempis
St. Augustine Kempis (Vol. 7)
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Nine Greek Dramas
Nine Greek Dramas (Vol. 8)
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Cicero
Pliny
Pliny
Cicero Pliny (Vol. 9)
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Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Wealth of Nations Adam Smith (Vol. 10)
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Origin of Species
Darwin
Darwin
Origin of Species Darwin (Vol. 11)
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Lives
Plutarch
Plutarch
Lives Plutarch (Vol. 12)
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Aeneid
Virgil
Virgil
Aeneid Virgil (Vol. 13)
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Don Quixote
Cervantes
Cervantes
Don Quixote Cervantes (Vol. 14)
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Bunyan
Walton
Walton
Bunyan Walton (Vol. 15)
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Thousand and
One Nights
One Nights
Thousand and One Nights (Vol. 16)
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Fables
Folk-Lore
Folk-Lore
Fables Folk-Lore (Vol. 17)
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Modern English Drama
Modern English Drama (Vol. 18)
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Goethe
Marlowe
Marlowe
Goethe Marlowe (Vol. 19)
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Divine Comedy
Dante
Dante
Divine Comedy Dante (Vol. 20)
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I Promessi Sposi
Manzoni
Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi Manzoni (Vol. 21)
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The Odyssey
Homer
Homer
The Odyssey Homer (Vol. 22)
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Two Years Before the Mast
Dana
Dana
Two Years Before the Mast Dana (Vol. 23)
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Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (Vol. 24)
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Mill
Carlyle
Carlyle
Mill Carlyle (Vol. 25)
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Continental Drama
Continental Drama (Vol. 26)
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English Essays I
English Essays I (Vol. 27)
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English and American Essays
English and American Essays (Vol. 28)
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Voyage of
the Beagle
Darwin
the Beagle
Darwin
Voyage of the Beagle Darwin (Vol. 29)
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Scientific Papers
Scientific Papers (Vol. 30)
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Autobiography
Cellini
Cellini
Autobiography Cellini (Vol. 31)
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Literary and Philosophical Essays
Literary and Philosophical Essays (Vol. 32)
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Voyages
Travels
Travels
Voyages Travels (Vol. 33)
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French and English Philosophers
French and English Philosophers (Vol. 34)
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Chronicle
Romance
Romance
Chronicle Romance (Vol. 35)
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Machiavelli
More
Luther
More
Luther
Machiavelli More Luther (Vol. 36)
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Locke
Berkeley
Hume
Berkeley
Hume
Locke Berkeley Hume (Vol. 37)
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Harvey
Jenner
Pasteur
et al.
Jenner
Pasteur
et al.
Harvey Jenner Pasteur et al. (Vol. 38)
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Famous Prefaces
Famous Prefaces (Vol. 39)
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English Poetry I
English Poetry I (Vol. 40)
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English Poetry II
English Poetry II (Vol. 41)
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English Poetry III
English Poetry III (Vol. 42)
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American Historical Documents
American Historical Documents (Vol. 43)
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Sacred Writings I
Sacred Writings I (Vol. 44)
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Sacred Writings II
Sacred Writings II (Vol. 45)
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Elizabethan Drama I
Elizabethan Drama I (Vol. 46)
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Elizabethan Drama II
Elizabethan Drama II (Vol. 47)
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Thoughts
Pascal
Pascal
Thoughts Pascal (Vol. 48)
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Epic
Saga
Saga
Epic Saga (Vol. 49)
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Reader's Guide and Index
Reader's Guide and Index (Vol. 50)
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