Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction vol. 18: Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Constance Garnett; William Allan Neilson

Publisher:

P. F. Collier & Son

, 1917

Harvard Classics and Fiction

Journey through “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf.” This massive collection, designed to provide the elements of a liberal education, was compiled by distinguished Harvard University president Charles Eliot in the early 1900s. The massive collection covers major literary figures, philosophers, theologians, folklore, and historical subjects through the end of the nineteenth century. Originally published as a 51-volume collection of classics, the rise of modernism prompted Dr. Eliot to create an additional 20-volume collection of fiction—“The Shelf of Fiction”—to supplement his first collection. These two collections come together to create The Harvard Classics and Fiction Collection (71 vols.), which remains one of the most comprehensive and well-researched anthologies of all time—a must-have library for students and lovers of the classics.

Contents

Top Highlights

“It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.” (Page 2)

“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in some one else’s.” (Page 203)

“amazingly convincing and terrifying books in all literature.” (Page v)

“compassion is forbidden nowadays by science itself” (Page 13)

Product Details

• Title: Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction 18: Crime and Punishment
• Authors: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett, William Allan Neilson
• Series: The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
• Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son
• Print Publication Date: 1917
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Russian literature
• Resource ID: LLS:HCSF18
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-01-18T22:10:23Z

About General Editor Charles William Eliot

About Charles William Eliot

Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) served as president of Harvard University for 40 years, helping to shape the struggling provincial college into a premier American research university. Eliot graduated from Harvard in 1853, and was appointed tutor in mathematics in 1854, before becoming assistant professor of mathematics and chemistry. Eliot left Harvard in 1863 and traveled in Europe for nearly two years, studying the educational systems of the Old World. He took an interest in every aspect of institutional operation, from curriculum and methods of instruction, to physical arrangements and custodial services. But his particular concern was with the relation between education and economic growth.

Returning home in 1865, Eliot accepted an appointment as professor of analytical chemistry at the newly-founded Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1869, he published a two-part article with his ideas about reforming American higher education in The Atlantic Monthly, catching the attention of Harvard businessmen trying to pull the university out of a crisis of short-term presidents and languishing curriculum. Eliot was quickly elected as the youngest president in Harvard’s history. Under his leadership, Harvard began to expand the range of courses offered, permitting undergraduates with unrestricted choice in selecting their courses of study. This enabled them to discover their “natural bents” and pursue them into specialized studies. The university soon became a center for advanced scientific and technological research. During his presidency, the university extended its facilities with laboratories, libraries, classrooms, and athletic facilities. Eliot was able to attract the support of major donors from among the nation’s growing plutocracy, making it the wealthiest private university in the world.