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Selected Works From 'The Harvard Classics' Including 'Shelf of Fiction'

These are the more widely read works from 'The Harvard Classics'. They have ~500+ ratings on Goodreads, typically many thousands. The challenge includes works by Hawthorne, Austen, Plato, Keats, Milton, Goethe, Sophocles, Poe, George Eliot, Thoreau, Byron, Shakespeare, Emerson, Washington Irving, Anonymous and many more.
Note: Regarding individual poems, they are usually a representative popular work by writers with 10 or more specific poems listed. You can easily access all the recommended poems by following the link. Most poetry is in Books XL-XLII.
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The Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln)
The Gettysburg Address
1
Abraham Lincoln
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
2
Adam Smith
Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)
Prometheus Bound
3
Aeschylus
The Oresteian Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Oresteian Trilogy
4
Aeschylus
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
5
Aesop
The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman)
The Betrothed
6
Alessandro Manzoni, Trans. Bruce Penman
An Essay on Man (Alexander Pope)
An Essay on Man
7
Alexander Pope
The Lady of Shalott (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
The Lady of Shalott
8
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Anonymous)
Arabian Nights' Entertainments
9
Anonymous
Ecclesiastes (Anonymous)
Ecclesiastes
10
Anonymous
The Book of Job (Anonymous)
The Book of Job
11
Anonymous
The Book of Psalms (Anonymous)
The Book of Psalms
12
Anonymous
The Acts of the Apostles (Anonymous)
The Acts of the Apostles
13
Anonymous
The Holy Qur'an
The Holy Qur'an
14
Buddhist Scriptures (Anonymous)
Buddhist Scriptures
15
Anonymous
The Bhagavad Gita (Anonymous)
The Bhagavad Gita
16
Anonymous
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
17
Anonymous
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
18
Anonymous
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs (Anonymous, Tr. William Morris)
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
19
Anonymous, Tr. William Morris
Frogs (Aristophanes)
Frogs
20
Aristophanes
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
21
Ben Jonson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
22
Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography (Benvenuto Cellini)
Autobiography
23
Benvenuto Cellini
A Happy Boy (Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)
A Happy Boy
24
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Pensées (Blaise Pascal)
Pensées
25
Blaise Pascal
The Luck of Roaring Camp (Bret Harte)
The Luck of Roaring Camp
26
Bret Harte
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Bret Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
27
Bret Harte
Children's and Household Tales (Brothers Grimm)
Children's and Household Tales
28
Brothers Grimm
On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
On the Origin of Species
29
Charles Darwin
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle
30
Charles Darwin
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
31
Charles Dickens
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
32
Christopher Marlowe
Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)
Edward II
33
Christopher Marlowe
On Friendship (Cicero)
On Friendship
34
Cicero
On Old Age (Cicero)
On Old Age
35
Cicero
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
36
Confucius
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
37
Dante Alighieri
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
38
David Hume
Eleonora (Edgar Allan Poe)
Eleonora
39
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
40
Edgar Allan Poe
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