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| "A Room of One's Own Hardcover" |
| "A Room of One&39;s Own is Virginia Woolf&39;s most powerful feminist essay justifying the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence Based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge the essay is one of the great feminist polemics ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Carlotte Brontë to the silent fate of Shakespeare&39;s gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major twentieth-century author and essayist a key figure in literary history as a feminist and modernist and the centre of &39;The Bloomsbury Group&39; Between 1925 and 1931 Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces from Mrs Dalloway (1925) to the poetic and highly experimental novel The Waves (1931) She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism short fiction journalism and biography including the playfully subversive Orlando (1928) and A Room of One&39;s Own (1929) If you enjoyed A Room of One&39;s Own you might like Woolf&39;s Orlando also available in Penguin Modern Classics &39;Probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in this century&39;Hermione Lee Financial Times"
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| "The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2 : From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith" |
| "'Eclectic entertaining almost all British if not human life is here' Boyd Tonkin Independent'Mind-stretching heart-breaking beautifully-crafted fiction' Claire Harman Evening Standard'She would tear the house down - shatter the windows slash the furniture flood the baths fire the curtains!'Hilarious exuberant surreal subtle tender brutal spectacular and above all unexpected this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day From Angela Carter to V S Pritchett Elizabeth Taylor to J G Ballard Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals and including tales of air-raids phone sex snobbery modern-day slavery grief desire the familiar and the strange here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher the award-winning novelist critic and journalist"
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| "Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "Drifters in search of work George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream A dream that one day they will have some land of their own Eventually they find work on a ranch but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty misunderstanding and jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength Tackling universal themes friendship and a shared vision and giving a voice to America&39;s lonely and dispossesed Of Mice and Men remains Steinbeck&39;s most popular work"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Conquest of Bread" |
| "'Well-being for all is not a dream'In this brilliantly enjoyable challenging rallying-cry of a book Kropotkin lays out the heart of his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have a renewed relevance and poignancy today Humane thoughtful - but also a devastating critique of how modern society is organized (with the brutal narrow few clinging onto their wealth and privileges at the expense of the many) The Conquest of Bread is a book to be argued over again and again"
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| "Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Referred to by superstitious actors as &39;the Scottish play&39; William Shakespeare&39;s Macbeth is a tragedy in which appalling earthly crimes have lasting supernatural repercussions This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Carol Rutter&39;By the pricking of my thumbsSomething wicked this way comes&39;Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches and spurred on by his wife Macbeth murders King Duncan to ensure his ambitions come true But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once he must kill again and again and the dead return to haunt him A story of war witchcraft and bloodshed Macbeth also depicts the relationship between husbands and wives and the risks they are prepared to take to achieve their desiresThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare&39;s life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Macbeth a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in EnglishIf you enjoyed Macbeth you might like Hamlet also available in Penguin Shakespeare&39;Shakespeare - the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God&39;Lawrence Olivier"
Price: 6.49 |
| "King Lear" |
| "A moving tragedy of political intrigue and family strife William Shakespeare's King Lear is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Kiernan Ryan in Penguin Shakespeare'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!'The ageing King Lear tired of office decides to split his kingdom between his three daughters Goneril Regan and Cordelia; but the decision to allot their share based on the love they express for him proves to be a terrible mistake When Cordelia refuses to take part in her father's charade she is banished leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters In the scheming and recriminations that follow not only does the king's own sanity crumble but the stability of the realm itself is also threatened Cast out into the wilderness with a wise Fool and a cunning madman it is only after losing what he values most that Lear understands the depth of his follyThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to King Lear a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in EnglishIf you enjoyed King Lear you might like Othello also available in Penguin Shakespeare'The themes of love and loss the futility of ambition the pains of parenthood and the rewards of patience are treated with a magic touch'Ian Richardson"
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| "Romeo and Juliet" |
| "The greatest love story in English William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a play of star-crossed lovers who take a valiant stand against social convention with tragic consequences This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited with notes by TJB Spencer and an introduction by Adrian Poole'What's in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet'The city of Verona torn apart by the violent feud between the families of Montague and Capulet is a powder keg waiting to explode; the Prince of Verona seeking to restore order has declared any breach of the peace punishable by death But for the young Montague Romeo and his lover the Capulet Juliet the enmity of their families is immaterial Meeting in secret the two lovers gradually spiral towards disaster as their respective families edge closer towards open warfare A play that has inspired films as diverse as Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's RomeoJuliet Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred bawdy comedy and high tragedyThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Romeo and Juliet a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote some of the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in EnglishIf you enjoyed Romeo and Juliet you might like A Midsummer Night's Dream also available in Penguin Shakespeare'Romeo was your first rebel without a cause 'Baz Luhrmann director of RomeoJuliet"
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| "Hamlet Paperback" |
| "Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama William Shakespeare&39;s Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties madness betrayal and terrible revenge This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by TJB Spencer with an introduction by Alan Sinfield &39;To be or not to be - that is the question&39;Something is rotten in the state of Denmark When young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father&39;s ghost on the battlements of Castle Elsinore he is burdened with a terrible task slay King Claudius Hamlet&39;s uncle who the ghost alleges murdered him Wrestling with his conscience Hamlet feigns wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge alienating his mother Queen Gertrude and spurning his lover Ophelia But the act of insanity takes Hamlet perilously close to the reality wreaking havoc on guilty and innocent alike This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare&39;s life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Hamlet a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay by Paul Prescott discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentary William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English If you enjoyed Hamlet you might like Shakespeare&39;s Macbeth also available in Penguin Shakespeare &39;It has everything - intrigue romance politics violence revenge jealousy wit It plays itself out on such a grand scale&39;Kenneth Branagh"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Othello by William Shakespeare (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Inexorably poisoned against the woman he loves by his trusted friend Iago Shakespeare&39;s Othello is a timeless tragic figure This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by Kenneth Muir with an introduction by Tom McAlindon&39;O! beware my lord of jealousy;It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on&39;A popular soldier and newly married man Othello seems to be in an enviable position And yet when his supposed friend Iago sows doubts in his mind about his wife Desdemona&39;s fidelity and his friend Cassio&39;s true intentions he is gradually consumed by suspicion In this powerful tragedy innocence is corrupted and trust is eroded as every relationship is drawn into a tangled web of jealousiesThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare&39;s life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Othello a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in EnglishIf you enjoyed Othello you might like Richard III also available in Penguin Shakespeare&39;Uncannily brilliant truly fascinating because it makes evil specific and precise and human&39;Sam Mendes director of American Beauty"
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| "The Merchant of Venice" |
| "William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is both a witty comedy and a moving exploration of bigotry and stigmatisation and this Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by W Moelwyn Merchant with an introduction by Peter Holland'The quality of mercy is not strain'dIt droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven'Bassanio a noble but impoverished Venetian asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress Antonio agrees but is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical Jewish moneylender Shylock who forces him into a chilling contract which stipulates he must honour the debt with a pound of his own flesh But Bassanio's beloved is not as demure as she seems and disguising herself as a lawyer Portia proves herself one of Shakespeare's most cunning heroines in a witty attack on Shylock's claim A complex and controversial comedy The Merchant of Venice explores prejudice and the true nature of justiceThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to The Merchant of Venice a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in EnglishIf you enjoyed The Merchant of Venice you might like The Taming of the Shrew also available in Penguin Shakespeare'The man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets had the largest and most comprehensive soul'John Dryden"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| "A dazzling display of William Shakespeare's fondness for wit and wordplay Much Ado About Nothing is a high-spirited comedy edited with notes by RA Foakes and an introduction by Janet Dillon'Some Cupid kills with arrows some with traps'Proud vivacious Beatrice and a high-spirited rake Benedick both claim that they are determined never to marry But when good-hearted mischief-maker Don Pedro tricks them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for the other Beatrice and Benedick begin to question whether their witty banter and sharp-tongued repartee conceals something deeper Schemes abound misunderstandings proliferate and matches are eventually made in this sparkling and irresistible comedy famously adapted by Kenneth Branagh in a film starring Keanu Reeves and Emma ThompsonThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Much Ado About Nothing a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryIf you enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing you might like As You Like It also available in Penguin Shakespeare'How is it possible that Shakespeare understood the human heart so well?'Saskia Reeves"
Price: 5.99 |
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream Paperback" |
| "A raucous comedy that thrusts a quartet of reckless young lovers headfirst into a world of magic and fantasy William Shakespeare&39;s A Midsummer Night&39;s Dream is edited by Stanley Wells with an introduction by Helen Hackett in Penguin Shakespeare &39;Lovers and madmen have such seething brainsSuch shaping fantasies that apprehendMore than cool reason ever comprehends&39;Lovers Lysander and Hermia flee Athens to escape the authority of their parents only to be pursued by Hermia&39;s betrothed Demetrius and her friend Helena Unwittingly all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where Oberon the king of the fairies and Titania his queen soon take an interest in human affairs dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells In this dazzling comedy confusion ends in harmony as love is transformed misplaced and - ultimately - restored This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare&39;s life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to A Midsummer Night&39;s Dream a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentary William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain) many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced including Romeo and Juliet (1595) Henry V (1599) Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606) as well as a collection of 154 sonnets which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English If you enjoyed A Midsummer Night&39;s Dream you might like The Taming of the Shrew also available in Penguin Shakespeare &39;He could mingle sublimity with pathos bitterness with joy and peace with love&39;Aldous Huxley"
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| "The Nature of Things" |
| "One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought in sumptuous clothbound hardbacksLucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this men can live in peace of mind and happiness He bases this on the atomic theory expounded by the Greek philosopher Epicurus and continues with an examination of sensation sex cosmology meteorology and geology all of these subjects made more attractive by the poetry with which he illustrates them"
Price: 9.99 |
| "The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'She has many rare and charming qualities but Sobriety is not one of them'A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder drunkenness perjury theft poisoning women breaking out of prison men forging wills and babies biting off their mothers' fingers Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsJane Austen (1775-1817) Austen's works available in Penguin Classics are Emma Lady Susan The Watsons and Sanditon Love and Freindship and Other Youthful Writings Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey Persuasion Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Oh good God he kept saying with great relish Good God'Gooseberries' is accompanied here by 'The Kiss' and 'The Two Volodyas' - three exquisite depictions of love and loss in nineteenth-century Russia by Chekhov the great master of the short story formIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) Chekhov's works available in Penguin Classics are The Steppe and Other Stories Ward No 6 and Other Stories The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories The Shooting Party Plays and A Life in Letters"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'I can promise to be candid not however to be impartial'A selection of the most insightful maxims and reflections from one of Germany's greatest ever thinkersIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsJohann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) Goethe's works available in Penguin Classics are Faust Part I Faust Part II Maxims and Reflections Elective Affinities The Sorrows of Young Werther Selected Poetry amd Italian Journey 1786-1788"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Presently I heard a slight groan and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul'Stories about murder mystery and madness portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative heightIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe's works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket The Pit and the Pendulum The Portable Edgar Allan Poe and The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe"
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| "The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'The color is hideous enough and unreliable enough and infuriating enough but the pattern is torturing'Written with barely controlled fury after she was confined to her room for 'nerves' and forbidden to write Gilman's pioneering feminist horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with its portrayal of a woman who loses her mind because she has literally nothing to doIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsCharlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) Gilman's work is available in Penguin Classics in The Yellow Wall-Paper Herland and Selected Writings"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Meek One by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'I could see that she was still terribly afraid but I didn't soften anything; instead seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it'In this short story Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation greed manipulation and suicideIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsFyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Dostoyevsky's works available in Penguin Classics are Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Double The Gambler and Other Stories The Grand Inquisitor Notes From The Underground Netochka Nezvanova The House of The Dead The Brothers Karamazov and The Village of Stepanchikovo"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Did she know and if she knew would she speak?'The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as troubled artistic consciousness Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsHenry James (1843-1916) James's works available in Penguin Classics are The Portrait of a LadyThe Europeans What Maisie Knew The Awkward Age The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories The Turn of The Screw The Aspern Papers and Other Tales The Wings of The Dove Washington Square The Tragic Muse Daisy Miller The Ambassadors The Golden Bowl Selected Tales Roderick Hudson The Princess Casamassima and The American"
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| "How Much Land Does A Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Although he feared death he could not stop 'If I stopped now after coming all this way - well they'd call me an idiot!'A pair of short stories about greed charity life and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkersIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsLeo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Tolstoy's works available in Penguin Classics are Anna Karenina War and Peace Childhood Boyhood YouthThe Cossacks and Other Stories The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories What is art? Resurrection The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Master and Man and Other Stories How Much Land Does A Man Need? & Other Stories A Confession and Other Religious Writings and Last steps The Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy"
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| "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'He was not blind to the fact that murder like the religions of the Pagan world requires a victim as well as a priest'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high societyIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsOscar Wilde (1854-1900) Wilde's works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings The Complete Short Fiction The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Is it me you love friend? or the race that made me?'A gothic novella about love torment and doomed aristocracy set in the remote mountains of SpainIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Stevenson's works available in Penguin Classics are An Apology for Idlers The Black Arrow Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde In the South Seas Kidnapped The Master of Ballantrae Treasure Island and Selected Poems"
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| "A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenko (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp book spread before you and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met'Moonlight sake spring blossom idle moments a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the sensesIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsYoshida Kenko (c 1283-1352) Kenko's work is included in Penguin Classics in Essays in Idleness and Hojoki"
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| "How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracian (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone'In these witty Machiavellian aphorisms unlikely Spanish priest Baltasar Gracian shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusionIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsBaltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Gracian's work is available in Penguin Classics in The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence"
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| "The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon" |
| "'An ass clothed in the skin of a lion'Aesop's animal fables are some of the earliest stories ever told thought to have been composed by a slave in Greek antiquity and giving glimpses of a world that is harsh pitiless and yet also eerily familiarIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsAesop is believed to have lived in 6th century BC Aesop's The Complete Fables is available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Night is Darkening Round Me" |
| "' ever-present phantom thing;My slave my comrade and my king'Some of Emily Bronte's most extraordinary poemsIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsEmily Bronte (1818-1848) Bronte's Wuthering Heights and The Complete Poems are available in Penguin Classics"
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| "It Was Snowing Butterflies" |
| "'The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus'A selection of Darwin's extraordinary adventures during the voyage of the Beagle Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsCharles Darwin (1809-1882) Darwin's Autobiographies On the Origin of Species The Descent of Man The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals and The Voyage of the Beagle are available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Robber Bridegroom" |
| "'Then she began to run and she ran over the sharp stones and through the thorns and the wild animals bounded past her 'Four weird dark and enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers GrimmIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsJacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Karl (1786-1859) are the Brothers Grimm Their Selected Tales are also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Circe and the Cyclops" |
| "'You must be Odysseus man of twists and turns'The tales of Odysseus's struggle with a man-eating Cyclops and Circe the beautiful enchantress who turns men into swineIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsNext to nothing is known about Homer's life His works available in Penguin Classics are The Homeric Hymns The Iliad and The Odyssey"
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