HARVARD CLASSICS - All 20 Volumes in one Edition gathers a sweeping canon of narrative art, tracing the evolution of fiction from the eighteenth-century novel of manners and picaresque experiment to nineteenth-century realism, romance, satire, and psychological inquiry. Its range embraces social comedy, Gothic intensity, historical romance, moral fable, regional sketch, and philosophical tale, with landmark works of domestic observation, imperial imagination, and modern consciousness place...

The 'Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 170+ Space Adventures, Dystopian Novels & Lost World Classics' serves as a monumental anthology that traverses vast literary landscapes across the realms of science fiction. This extensive collection showcases a multitude of themes such as exploration of unknown territories, societal evolution in response to technological advancements, and the quintessential conflict between nature and civilization. Comprising a variety of literary styles—from the foundatio...

SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set gathers more than 170 foundational tales of speculation, catastrophe, discovery, and social transformation. Its immense range moves from lunar voyages, subterranean realms, and lost civilizations to mechanized futures, plague-stricken societies, totalitarian states, and post-apocalyptic survival. Romance, Gothic terror, satire, adventure narrative, philosophical fable, scientific extrapolation, and utopian and dystopian fiction coexist here, revealing scien...

Enjoy this meticulously edited SF Collection, jam-packed with space adventures, dystopian apocalyptic tales and the greatest sci-fi classics: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 20.000 Leagues under the Sea The Mysterious Island… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Last Man Edgar Wallace: Planetoid 127 The Green Rust… Otis Adelbert Kline: The Venus Trilogy The Mars Series Malcolm James...

The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction—Complete 20 Volumes offers a sweeping conspectus of the modern novel and tale, tracing fiction's development from eighteenth-century satire and comic realism to psychological, historical, Gothic, romantic, and social forms. Its range extends from picaresque wit and domestic irony to supernatural terror, moral fable, realist portraiture, and expansive social critique, with landmark works such as novels of manners, historical romances, American sketches,...

The Harvard Fiction Classics in 20 Volumes represents a monumental collection encapsulating the profound shifts and stylistic developments in Western literature from the 18th to the early 20th century. Featuring a diverse array of seminal works by English, American, French, German, Russian, Spanish, and Scandinavian authors, this anthology showcases not only the evolutionary trajectory of narrative form but also the thematic richness exploring human condition, societal norms, and psycholog...

Spanning centuries, 'The Greats of Sci-Fi: H.G. Wells Edition' emerges as a seminal anthology that traverses the varied terrains of science fiction. The works selected for this collection not only showcase the inventive richness that characterizes the genre but also illuminate the essential themes of exploration, societal critique, and technological speculation. From the haunting depths of psychological manipulation to the exhilarating realms of interstellar travel, the literary styles var...

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 & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Robert Burn...

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted collection of Dr. Eliot: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne V. 4: Poems by John Milton V. 5: R. W. Emerson V. 6: Poems by Robert Burns V. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á Kempis V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas V. 9: Cicero and Pliny V. 10: The Wealth of Nations V. 11: The Origin of Species V. 12: Plutarch's Lives V. 13: Æneid V. 14: Don Quixote V. 15: Bun...

European colonization of America occurred as a result of the bravery and discoveries of great navigators, visionaries and adventurers. This carefully edited collection presents the lives of the most influential explorers of North America: Eric the Red, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain. Sale with these remarkable seamen through the vivid biographies and writings of their contemporaries. Table of ...

SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Collection gathers more than 140 tales, novels, and speculative visions that map the genre's formative terrain: interplanetary travel, vanished civilizations, scientific overreach, utopian design, social collapse, and the uncanny possibilities of evolution. Moving from Gothic romance and satire to adventure narrative, philosophical fable, imperial lost-world fiction, and proto–space opera, the volume reveals science fiction as a capacious conversation rather than a...

Edward E. Hale invites young readers into a world where books open the door to adventure, discovery, and the farthest reaches of history. Around Colonel Ingham's fireside, the children of the "Alpine Club" learn that curiosity is the first step toward knowledge, as Uncle Fritz steers their talk from travel and storytelling to Marco Polo, the Great Kaan, and the wonders hidden in old books. Marco's life is traced from his family's long journey eastward to his own extraordinary travels, his ...