Five foot shelf update

“Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf” was a list of literature classics compiled by Harvard president Charles Eliot back in 1909. Last week we asked YOU to tell us which books you’d put on a Five Foot Shelf in 2009. Anchor Laura Lynch and book critic Christopher Merrill review listener suggestions. Listen

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What’s on your Five Foot Shelf?

One hundred years ago saw the publication of Charles Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf. But what books from the last 100 years, fiction or non-fiction, have now earned a slot alongside them? >>>Join the discussion

Add to the five-foot shelf

One hundred years ago, Harvard President Charles Eliot declared that all the books you need for a complete liberal arts education could fit on a five-foot shelf. Last week, we asked listeners to come up with some updates. Anchor Jeb Sharp reads a couple of the suggestions. We’ll reveal more on Friday. Listen

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Adding to the Five Foot Shelf

100 years ago, the President of Harvard University claimed you could get a solid liberal education by reading a certain collection of books that would fit on a five-foot shelf. What’s been added to – or taken off – that shelf since? Anchor Jeb Sharp finds out. Listen Which books would you like to see [...]