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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction was selected by Charles W. Eliot, LLD (1834-1926), with notes and introductions by William Allan Neilson. It also features an index to Criticisms and Interpretations.

  • Vol. 1. HENRY FIELDING 1
    • The History of Tom Jones, part 1, by Henry Fielding
  • Vol. 2. HENRY FIELDING 2
    • The History of Tom Jones, part 2, by Henry Fielding
  • Vol. 3. LAURENCE STERN, JANE AUSTEN
    • A Sentimental Journey, by Laurence Sterne
    • Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
  • Vol. 4. SIR WALTER SCOTT
    • Guy Mannering, by Sir Walter Scott
  • Vol. 5. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1
    • Vanity Fair, part 1, by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Vol. 6. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 2
    • Vanity Fair, part 2, by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Vol. 7. CHARLES DICKENS 1
    • David Copperfield, part 1, by Charles Dickens
  • Vol. 8. CHARLES DICKENS 2
    • David Copperfield, part 2, by Charles Dickens
  • Vol. 9. GEORGE ELIOT
    • The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot
  • Vol. 10. HAWTHORNE, IRVING, POE, BRET HARTE, MARK TWAIN, HALE
    • The Scarlet Letter and "Rappaccini's Daughter", by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Washington Irving
    • "Eleonora", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe
    • "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", and "The Idyl of Red Gulch", by Francis Bret Harte
    • "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog", by Samuel L. Clemens
    • "The Man Without a Country", by Edward Everett Hale
  • Vol. 11. HENRY JAMES, JR.
    • The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James
  • Vol. 12. VICTOR HUGO
    • Notre Dame de Paris, by Victor Marie Hugo
  • Vol. 13. BALZAC, SAND, DE MUSSET, DAUDET, DE MAUPASSANT
    • Old Goriot, by Honoré de Balzac
    • The Devil's Pool, by George Sand
    • The Story of a White Blackbird, by Alfred de Musset
    • "The Siege of Berlin", "The Last Class—The Story of a Little Alsatian", "The Child Spy", "The Game of Billiards", and "The Bad Zouave", by Alphonse Daudet
    • "Walter Schnaffs’ Adventure" and "Two Friends", by Guy de Maupassant
  • Vol. 14. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
    • Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Vol. 15. GOETHE, KELLER, STORM, FONTANE
    • The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    • The Banner of the Upright Seven, by Gottfried Keller
    • The Rider on the White Horse, by Theodor Storm
    • Trials and Tribulations, by Theodor Fontane
  • Vol. 16. LEO NIKOLAEVITCH TOLSTOY 1
    • Anna Karenina, part 1, by Leo Tolstoy
  • Vol. 17. LEO NIKOLAEVITCH TOLSTOY 2
    • Anna Karenina, part 2, and Ivan the Fool, by Leo Tolstoy
  • Vol. 18. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
    • Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Vol. 19. IVAN TURGENEV
    • A House of Gentlefolk and Fathers and Children, by Ivan Turgenev
  • Vol. 20. VALERA, BJØRNSON, KIELLAND
    • Pepita Jimenez, by Juan Valera
    • A Happy Boy, by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
    • Skipper Worse, by Alexander L. Kielland

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