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| "The Fall of Icarus" |
| "'Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky he left his guide and soared upwards'Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur Daedalus and Icarus the Calydonian Boar-Hunt and many other famous mythsIntroducing 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 millionsOvid (c43 BCE-17 CE) Ovid's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Erotic Poems Fasti Heroides and Metamorphoses"
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| "Come Close" |
| "'Yes we did many things then - allBeautiful 'Lyrical powerful poems about love sexuality sun-soaked Greece and the godsIntroducing 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 millionsSappho (c630-570 BCE) Sappho's Stung with Love is available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Dhammapada" |
| "'Hate is not conquered by hate hate is conquered by love This is a law eternal'Captivating aphorisms illustrating the Buddhist dhamma or moral systemIntroducing 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 millions"
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| "Tropic of Cancer" |
| "Shocking banned and the subject of obscenity trials Henry Miller's first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century -- new to Penguin Modern Classics with a cover by Tracey EminTropic of Cancer redefined the novel Set in Paris in the 1930s it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes pimps and artists Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic Tropic of Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries When it was first published in the US in 1961 it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature Long hailed as a truly liberating book daring and uncompromising Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art freedom and morality'At last an unprintable book that is fit to read' Ezra Pound 'A momentous event in the history of modern writing' Samuel Beckett 'The book that forever changed the way American literature would be written' Erica Jong"
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| "The World of Sex" |
| "In The World of Sex Henry Miller one of the most scandalous writers of the 20th century explains his literary project Henry Miller's bold explicit novels scandalized readers and remade the literature of his day In this uncompromising literary manifesto he argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread money work or play Drawing on his own experiences and on the writing of his famously banned novels in Paris he shows sex as a mysterious realm that must be explored if we are to be truly free"
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| "A History of Ancient Egypt : From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid" |
| "The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument - from specialist John RomerThis exceptional book draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the previously untold story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settled spread and created a rich vivid strange civilization that had its first culmination in the pharaoh Khufu building the Great PyramidThe book immerses the reader in the fascinating world of archaeological evidence the process by which this long vanished world has gradually re-emerged and the rapidly changing interpretations which these breathtaking but entirely enigmatic remains have been subjected to Whether he is writing about the smallest necklace bead or the most elaborate royal tomb John Romer conveys to the reader a remarkable sense of how to understand a people so like ourselves and yet in so many ways eerily differentReviews'Scholarly passionate and exquisitely written a stunning clear-sighted history of Ancient Egypt' James McConnachie Sunday Times'It is not easy to enliven prehistory while simultaneously respecting limited archaeological evidence and avoiding novelistic pitfalls But Romer manages it After a long wait we have an up-to-date stimulating account of the birth of what may turn out to be the world's oldest civilization' Andrew Robinson Nature'His physical descriptions are superb a book to be read and thought about' John Ray Financial Times'Romer carries the reader along effortlessly on a lengthy complex yet immensely satisfying journey' Joyce Tyldesley BBC HistoryAbout the authorJohn Romer has been working in Egypt since 1966 on archaeological digs in many key sites including the Valley of the Kings and Karnak He led the Brooklyn Museum expedition to excavate the tomb of Ramesses XI He wrote and presented a number of television series including The Seven Wonders of the World Romer's Egypt Ancient Lives and Testament His major books include The Great Pyramid Ancient Egypt Revisited and Valley of the Kings He lives in Italy"
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| "Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits Mary Shelley&39;s Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being shocking his creation to life with electricity But this botched creature rejected by its creator and denied human companionship sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear Mary Shelley&39;s chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen living with her lover Percy Shelley near Lord Byron&39;s villa on Lake Geneva It would become the world&39;s most famous work of Gothic horror and Frankenstein&39;s monster an instantly-recognisable symbol of the limits of human creativity Based on the third edition of 1831 this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Shelley&39;s preface to the first edition This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with &39;A Fragment&39; by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori&39;s &39;The Vampyre A Tale&39; Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of the author and political philosopher William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman In 1814 she eloped with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley whom she married when his first wife died in 1816 She is best remembered as the author of Frankenstein but she wrote several other works including Valperga and The Last Man If you liked Frankenstein you might enjoy Bram Stoker&39;s Dracula also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society the Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift&39;s Gulliver&39;s Travels is edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Demaria Jr Gulliver&39;s Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver a ship&39;s surgeon In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god However in Brobdingnag a land of giants tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs In Laputa a flying island he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate their country lies in ruins Gulliver&39;s final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans This text based on the first edition of 1726 reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria Jr which discusses the ways Gulliver&39;s Travels has been interpreted since its first publication Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin Sent to Kilkenny Grammar School when he was six Swift later attended Trinity College Dublin where he received his BA degree in 1686 He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language which stemmed from his criticism of Britain&39;s repressive colonial policies in Ireland Among Swift&39;s best known works is his ironic masterpiece &39;A Modest Proposal&39; (1729) and his novel Gulliver&39;s Travels (1726) If you enjoyed Gulliver&39;s Travels you might like HG Wells&39;s The Time Machine also available in Penguin Classics &39;A masterwork of irony that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous extraordinary creativity of imagination&39;Malcolm Bradbury"
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| "Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane she is determined to dislike him more than ever In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life"
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| "Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Emily Bronte's only novel a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence the Penguin Classics edition of Wuthering Heights is the definitive edition of the text edited with an introduction by Pauline NestorLockwood the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights the home of his landlord There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before; of the intense relationship between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw; and how Catherine forced to choose between passionate tortured Heathcliff and gentle well-bred Edgar Linton surrendered to the expectations of her class As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the pastIn this edition a new preface by Lucasta Miller author of The Bronte Myth looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted from Charlotte Bronte onwards This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel as well as Emily Bronte's influences and backgroundEmily Bronte (1818-48) along with her sisters Charlotte and Anne was one of the most significant literary figures of the 19th century She wrote just one strikingly innovative novel Wuthering Heights but was also a gifted and intense poetIf you enjoyed Wuthering Heights you may like Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre also available in Penguin Classics'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as romantic but try rereading it without being astonished by the comfortableness with which Bronte's characters subject one another to extremes of physical and psychological violence'Jeanette Winterson'As a first novel there is very little that can compare to it Even Shakespeare took over a decade to reach the clifftop extremities of King Lear'Sarah Waters"
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| "Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "&39;It was now too late and too far to go back and I went on And the mists had all solemnly risen now and the world lay spread before me’A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his ‘great expectations’ This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861 It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century and appendices on Dickens’s original ending and his working notes giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work"
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| "Emma by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The definitive text of Jane Austen&39;s penetrating and sparkling satire "Emma" this "Penguin Classics Edition" includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford Emma Woodhouse handsome clever rich - and fiercely independent - is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage Nothing however delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others But when she ignores the advice of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her pretty naive Harriet Smith her well-laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships "Emma" is often seen as Jane Austen&39;s most flawless work Edited with an introduction by Fiona Stafford this edition includes a chronology additional suggestions for further reading and the original "Penguin Classics" introduction by Tony Tanner Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature&39;s most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride and Prejudice at the age of 22 She was also the author of "Sense and Sensibility" "Persuasion" "Northanger Abbey" and "Mansfield Park" If you enjoyed "Emma" you may like Charlotte Bronte&39;s "Villette" also available in "Penguin Classics" "These modern editions are to be strongly recommended for their scrupulous texts informative notes and helpful introductions" (Brian Southam the Jane Austen Society) "The author of "Emma"has produced sketches of such spirit and originality that in this class she stands almost alone" (Sir Walter Scott)"
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| "Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A heartaching portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles is edited with notes by Tim Dolin and an introduction by Margaret R Higonnet in Penguin ClassicsWhen Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love and salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the D'Urbervilles subtitled 'A Pure Woman' is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novelsBased on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when first published in 1891 this edition includes as appendices Hardy's Prefaces the Landscapes of Tess episodes originally censored from the Graphic periodical version and a selection of the Graphic illustrationsThomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century's major novels The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and Jude the Obscure (1895) Amidst the controversy caused by Jude the Obscure he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems and his epic drama in verse The DynastsIf you enjoyed Tess of the D'Urbervilles you might like Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders also available in Penguin Classics'The greatest tragic writer among the English novelists'Virginia Woolf"
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| "Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy&39;s first major literary success and it edited with an introduction and notes by Rosemarie Morgan and Shannon Russell in Penguin Classics Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area Her bold presence draws three very different suitors the gentleman-farmer Boldwood soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak Each in contrasting ways unsettles her decisions and complicates her life and tragedy ensues threatening the stability of the whole community The first of his works set in the fictional county of Wessex Hardy&39;s novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships This edition based on Hardy&39;s original 1874 manuscript is the complete novel he never saw published and restores its full candour and innovation Rosemarie Morgan&39;s introduction discusses the history of its publication and the Biblical and Classical allusions that permeate the novel Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century&39;s major novels The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of the D&39;Urbervilles (1891) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and Jude the Obscure (1895) Amidst the controversy caused by Jude the Obscure he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems and his epic drama in verse The Dynasts If you enjoyed Far from the Madding Crowd you might also like Elizabeth Gaskell&39;s Mary Barton &39;Wonderful a landscape which satisfies every stir of the imagination and which ravishes the senses&39;Ronald Blythe"
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| "Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Ros Ballaster University of OxfordMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo Meanwhile Elinor always sensitive to social convention is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment even from those closest to her Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love This edition also includes explanatory notes and textual variants between first and second editionJane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride and Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey"
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| "Persuasion by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Her last completed novel marrying witty social realism to a 'Cinderella' love story Jane Austen's Persuasion is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in Penguin Classics Anne Elliot twenty-seven and still single seems destined for spinsterhood In her youth she broke off an engagement to penniless Captain Wentworth at the insistence of her friend Lady Russell acquiescing to the demands of her class at the expense of her happiness But when Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic wars rich and famous Anne finds her affection rekindled - even though Wentworth seems more interested in Anne's friend Louisa Musgrove Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension but above all it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities In her introduction Gillian Beer discusses Austen's portrayal of the double-edged nature of persuasion and the clash between old and new worlds This edition also includes a new chronology and full textual notes Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride and Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey If you liked Persuasion you may enjoy George Eliot's Middlemarch also available in Penguin Classics The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal (Virginia Woolf)"
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| "Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist is a gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip HorneThe story of Oliver Twist - orphaned and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger vicious burglar Bill Sikes his dog Bull's Eye and prostitute Nancy all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin Combining elements of Gothic Romance the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction scathing in its indictment of a cruel society and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mysteryThis Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany and includes an introduction by Philip Horne a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang a chronology of Dickens's life a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrationsCharles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 His most famous books including Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millionsIf you enjoyed Oliver Twist you may like Nicholas Nickleby and Little Dorrit also available in Penguin Classics'His novels will endure as long as the language itself' Peter Ackroyd'He is our greatest novelist - every reread reveals more riches' Melvyn Bragg'When Dickens has once described something you see it for the rest of your life' George Orwell"
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| "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Collecting Alice&39;s complete adventures a source of delight to children and adults alike for generations the Penguin Classics edition of Lewis Carroll&39;s Alice&39;s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is edited with an introduction and notes by Hugh Haughton Conjured up one &39;golden afternoon&39; in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell the daughter of the dean of Carroll&39;s college the dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down Following the white rabbit into his warren Alice falls into a world where croquet is played with hedgehogs and flamingos a baby turns into a pig time runs amok at a the Mad Hatter&39;s tea-party a chaotic game of chess makes Alice a Queen and the Mock Turtle and Gryphon dance the Lobster Quadrille But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling wordplay unforgettable characters puzzles and riddles are poignant moments of nostalgia for a lost childhood Original and experimental adapted into countless film and television versions as Alice in Wonderland the Alice books give readers a window on both child and adult worlds This is the most comprehensively annotated edition available and includes the manuscript version of Alice&39;s Adventures Under Ground and Carroll&39;s 1887 essay &39;"Alice" on the stage&39; Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was the pen-name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church Oxford Carroll was appointed lecturer in mathematics in 1855 where he spent the rest of his life In 1861 he took deacon&39;s orders but shyness and a constitutional stammer prevented him from seeking the priesthood If you enjoyed Alice&39;s Adventures in Wonderland you might like Mikhail Bulgakov&39;s The Master and Margarita also available in Penguin Classics &39;A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices nonsense becomes a form of higher sense&39;Malcolm Bradbury"
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| "The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A haunting study of guilt and lost love in Penguin Classics Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge is edited with an introduction and notes by Keith WilsonIn a fit of drunken anger Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair Over the course of the following years he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper Subtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character' Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire townThis edition includes an introduction chronology of Hardy's life and works the illustrations for the original serial issue place names maps glossary full explanatory notes as well as Hardy's prefaces to the 1895 and 1912 editionsThomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century's major novels The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) and Jude the Obscure (1895) Amidst the controversy caused by Jude the Obscure he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems and his epic drama in verse The DynastsIf you enjoyed The Mayor of Casterbridge you might like George Eliot's Silas Marner also available in Penguin Classics'The greatest tragic writer among the English novelists'Virginia Woolf'Visceral passionate anti-hypocrisy anti-repression Hardy reaches into our wildest recesses'Evening Standard"
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| "Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "A witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is edited with an introduction and notes by Marylin Butler in Penguin Classics During an eventful season at Bath young naive Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time She is delighted with her new acquaintances rude boorish John Thorpe his flirtatious sister Isabella who shares Catherine's love of sensational novels and intrigue and sophisticated Eleanor and Henry Tilney who invite her to their father's mysterious house Northanger Abbey There her imagination influenced by Gothic romances such as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney With its broad comedy and irrepressible impressionable heroine this is the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's works The Penguin Classics edition of Northanger Abbey is based on the first edition of 1818 and includes a chronology and additional suggestions for further reading Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride and Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey If you enjoyed Northanger Abbey you may like Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho also available in Penguin Classics The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal (Virginia Woolf) These modern editions are to be strongly recommended for their scrupulous texts informative notes and helpful introductions (Brian Southam The Jane Austen Society)"
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| "Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally During her uncle's absence in Antigua the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity one of her most profound"
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| "The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings is a collection that displays the full force of Edgar Allen Poe's mastery of both Gothic horror and the short story form This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by David GallowayThis selection of Poe's critical writings short fiction and poetry demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is a slow-burning Gothic horror describing the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past In 'The Tell-Tale Heart' a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' 'The Raven' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence fear and hate In his introduction David Galloway re-examines the myths surrounding Poe's life and reputation This edition includes a new chronology and suggestions for further readingAlthough dissipated in his youth and plagued by mental instability towards the end of his life Boston-born Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) had a variety of occupations including service in the US army and magazine editor as well as his remarkable literary outputIf you enjoyed The Fall of the House of Usher you might like Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto also available in Penguin Classics'The most original genius that America has produced'Alfred Lord Tennyson'Poe has entered our popular consciousness as no other American writer'The New York Times Book Review"
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| "Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe regarded by many to be first novel in English is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island This Penguin Classics is edited with an introduction and notes by John RichettiThe sole survivor of a shipwreck Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive as he conquers isolation fashions shelter and clothes enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday' and fights off cannibals and mutineers Written in an age of exploration and enterprise it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values as a portrayal of 'natural man' or as a moral fable But above all is a brilliant narrative depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times explanatory notes glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realismDaniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant soldier and political pamphleteer Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred and fifty books on economics history biography and crime but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life which includes Robinson Crusoe (1719) Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana (1724) Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel and many consider him to be the first true novelistIf you enjoyed Robinson Crusoe you may like Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo also available in Penguin Classics'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal a story that goes right to the core of existence'Simon Armitage"
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| "Shirley by Charlotte Bronte (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline who bored and desperate lives as a dependent in her uncle's home with no prospect of a career Shirley meanwhile is in love with Robert's brother an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch can the four be reconciled? Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles Shirley (1849) is an unsentimental yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes sexes and generations"
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| "Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin ClassicsCharlotte Bronte tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt enduring loneliness and cruelty This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic brooding Mr Rochester As her feelings for Rochester develop Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hall's terrible secret forcing her to make a choice Should she stay with Rochester and live with the consequences or follow her convictions - even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue Jane Eyre dazzled readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom"
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| "The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Regarded by many as Henry James's finest work and a lucid tragedy exploring the distance between money and happiness The Portrait of a Lady contains an introduction by Philip Horne in Penguin ClassicsWhen Isabel Archer a beautiful spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett it is expected that she will soon marry But Isabel resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond Charming and cultivated Osmond sees Isabel as a rich prize waiting to be taken Beneath his veneer of civilized behaviour Isabel discovers cruelty and a stifling darkness In this portrait of a 'young woman affronting her destiny' Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines and a story of intense poignancyThis edition of The Portrait of a Lady based on the earliest published copy of the novel is the version read first and loved by most readers in James's lifetime It also contains a chronology further reading notes and an introduction by Philip HorneHenry James (1843-1916) son of a prominent theologian and brother to the philosopher William James was one of the most celebrated novelists of the fin-de-siecle In addition to many short stories plays books of criticism biography and autobiography and much travel writing he wrote some twenty novels His novella Daisy Miller (1878) established him as a literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic and his other novels in Penguin Classics include Washington Square (1880) The Portrait of a Lady (1881) The Awkward Age (1899) The Wings of the Dove (1902) The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904)If you enjoyed The Portrait of a Lady you might like Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence also available in Penguin Classics'Matchless a grave description of one of life's great traumas the passage from innocence to experience'Anita Brookner"
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| "Daisy Miller by Henry James (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Travelling in Europe with her family Daisy Miller an exquisitely beautiful young American woman presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate friendship with an urbane young Italian her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed In Daisy Miller James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic and dangerously independent American woman a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces"
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| "Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Banned and vindicated condemned and lauded Lady Chatterley's Lover is DH Lawrence's seminal novel of illicit passion and forbidden desire This Penguin Classics edition is edited with notes by Michael Squires and an introduction by Doris LessingLady Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the Sir Clifford Paralysed in the First World War Sir Clifford is unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically and encourages her instead to have a liaison with a man of their own class But Connie is attracted instead to Oliver Mellors her husband's gamekeeper with whom she embarks on a passionate affair that brings new life to her stifled existence Can she find true love with Mellors despite the vast gulf between their positions in society? One of the most controversial novels in English literature Lady Chatterley's Lover is an erotically charged and psychologically powerful depiction of adult relationshipsIn her introduction Doris Lessing discusses the influence of Lawrence's sexual politics his relationship with his wife Frieda and his attitude towards the First World War Using the complete and restored text of the Cambridge edition this volume includes a new chronology and further reading by Paul Poplawski and notes by Michael SquiresDH Lawrence (1885-1930) novelist storywriter critic poet and painter was one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature Lawrence published Sons and Lovers in 1913 but The Rainbow completed in 1915 was declared obscene and banned two months after first publication; and for three years he could not find a publisher for Women in Love which he completed in 1917 His last novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in 1928 but banned in England and AmericaIf you enjoyed Lady Chatterley's Lover you might like Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary also available in Penguin Classics'A brave and important book passionate and wildly ambitious'Independent on Sunday'A masterpiece'Guardian"
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| "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a Scottish classic a quintessentially Gothic tale of psychological horror and a relentless attack on Calvinist dogma The Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Karl MillerRobert Wringham's family is composed of a dissolute father and brother a pious mother and a rival father in the person of a fanatical Calvinist minister He comes to believe that he is one of the elect predestined to be saved while others are damned Sure of his freedom from the dictates of morality he embarks on a series of crimes in the company of a new friend Gil-Martin a man of many likenesses who can be mistaken for Robert and who explains that they are as one in the holy work of purifying the world But who is Gil-Martin? And what does he truly desire? The Gothic double or doppelganger is nowhere more powerfully imagined than in Confessions of a Justified Sinner once called 'the greatest novel of Scotland'This new edition has an introduction by Karl Miller which discusses the presence of the novel in the life and times of James Hogg It also contains two of Hogg's most interesting stories 'Marion's Jock' and 'John Gray o' Middleholm'James Hogg (1770-1835) born in Ettrick in the Scottish Borders A shepherd for many years Hogg was writing poems by the 1790s aiding Walter Scott with material for his collection of ballads The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border In 1810 he moved to Edinburgh where he published several volumes of verse and worked on the Spy and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published anonymously in 1824 and is now generally seen as his masterpieceIf you enjoyed Confessions of a Justified Sinner you might like Matthew Lewis's The Monk also available in Penguin Classics'A Scottish classic a world classic'Ian Rankin'A sinister funny moving tale of demonic possession murder and religious fanaticism'Sunday Telegraph"
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| "Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "A haunting and hugely influential Modernist masterpiece the Penguin Classics edition of Joseph Conrad&39;s Heart of Darkness is edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles Conrad&39;s narrator Marlow a seaman and wanderer recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz dying insane and guilty of unspeakable atrocities Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic wraith-like figure Marlow&39;s discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning not only of his own nature and values but also those of western civilisation The inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola&39;s Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now Heart of Darkness is a quintessentially modernist work exploring the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad&39;s most famous works in Penguin Classics this volume contains Conrad&39;s Congo Diary a chronology further reading notes a map of the Congo a glossary and an introduction discussing the author&39;s experiences in Africa the narrative and symbolic complexities of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in the Ukraine and grew up under Tsarist autocracy After spending years in the French and later the British Merchant Navy Conrad left the sea to devote himself to writing In 1896 he settled in Kent where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth Heart of Darkness Lord Jim Typhoon Nostromo The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes If you enjoyed Heart of Darkness you might like EM Forster&39;s A Passage to India also available in Penguin Classics &39;Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself&39; Peter Ackroyd"
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