The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction. Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John MiltonV. 5: R. W. EmersonV. 6: Robert BurnsV. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á KempisV. 8: Nine Greek Dramas V. 9: Cicero and PlinyV. 10: The Wealth of NationsV. 11: The Origin of SpeciesV. 12: PlutarchsV. 13: ÆneidV. 14: Don QuixoteV. 15: Bunyan & WaltonV. 16: 1001 NightsV. 17: Folklore & FableV. 18: Modern English DramaV. 19: Goethe & MarloweV. 20: The Divine ComedyV. 21: I Promessi SposiV. 22: The OdysseyV. 23: Two Years Before the MastV. 24: Edmund BurkeV. 25: J. S. Mill & T. CarlyleV. 26: Continental DramaV. 27 & 28: English & American EssaysV. 29: The Voyage of the BeagleV. 30: Scientific PapersV. 31: The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniV. 32: Literary and Philosophical EssaysV. 33: Voyages & TravelsV. 34: French & English PhilosophersV. 35: Chronicle and RomanceV. 36: Machiavelli, Roper, More, LutherV. 37: Locke, Berkeley, HumeV. 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, PasteurV. 39: ProloguesV. 40–42: English PoetryV. 43: American Historical DocumentsV. 44 & 45: Sacred WritingsV. 46 & 47: Elizabethan DramaV. 48: Blaise PascalV. 49: SagaV. 50: Reader's GuideV. 51: LecturesThe Shelf of Fiction:V. 1 & 2: The History of Tom JonesV. 3: A Sentimental Journey & Pride and Prejudice V. 4: Guy ManneringV. 5 & 6: Vanity FairV. 7 & 8: David CopperfieldV. 9: The Mill on the FlossV. 10: Irving, Poe, Harte, Twain, HaleV.11: The Portrait of a LadyV. 12: Notre Dame de ParisV. 13: Balzac, Sand, de Musset, Daudet, de MaupassantV. 14 & 15: Goethe, Keller, Storm, FontaneV. 16–19: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, TurgenevV. 20: Valera, Bjørnson, Kielland