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November 07, 2004
the classics--Harvard style
I was so pleased to see that Bartleby, one of my absolute favorite sites, has added over 70 volumes of the Harvard Classics to their online collection.
The collection, as described on the site is:
The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume “5-foot shelf of books” and the the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century.
My parents had many of the volumes--not the entire collection though, I don't think, but they did have quite a few which were a pure and utter delight to me as I was growing up. The green books were gilded with gold and full of wondrous poetry, philosophy and history. It was through these books that I first discovered Milton, Francis Bacon, Plutarch, Virgil and Dante. I came across Shelley for the first time, in one of the volumes of English Poetry. I memorized Music, When Soft Voices Die and clung to the sentiment of love as only a giddy schoolgirl could.
Posted by crystallyn at November 7, 2004 03:24 PM
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