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Inspector Maigret falls victim to a pickpocket and is drawn into a peculiar incident A pickpocket steals Maigret's wallet only to return it the following day, on the condition that...

Hilarious, intelligent and moving, Pnin is the tale of a generation irrevocably severed from its past Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart...

Cather's masterpiece of life, death and faith in New Mexico, new to Modern Classics Two French priests, friends since childhood, are sent to the newly created diocese of New Mexico....

Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition...

A classic of intergalactic, metaphysical science fiction and one of Philip Pullman's favourite books After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts,...

A savage indictment of British society at the turn of the century, from the author of Mrs Dalloway. The Years is the story of three generations of the Pargiter family...

A lyrical translation of Kafka's first novel - a menacing allegory of modern life Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library \"I would be content, ay, glad, to live with you as your servant, if I may not as your wife; so that I...

A reissue with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books A young writer leaves the city to complete her manuscript in a small coastal town, but finds herself writing about the...

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In October Nights, Gerard de Nerval takes us on a gentle meander through nighttime Paris - a dreamlike journey towards getting...

In 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...

Like Emily Wilson's celebrated translations of Homer, this new Aeneid -the first collaborative translation of the poem in English-is rendered in an unrhymed iambic pentameter that engages modern readers while...

Perhaps his most famous work, mile Zola's Ther se Raquin is a dark and gripping story of lust, violence and guilt, set in the gloomy back streets of Paris. This...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's last completed novel, Tender is the Night is edited by Arnold Goldman with an introduction and notes by Richard Godden in Penguin Modern Classics. Between the First...

A sparkling new translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's...

A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Penguin Modern Classics In the din and stink that is Cannery Row a colourful...

1937. Having lost the Civil War in Spain, four republican soldiers lead a fugitive existence deep in the Cantabrian mountains. They are on the run, skirmishing with Franco's soldiers, knowing...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAX PORTER WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER...

Part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories one of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous short stories...

Here at last is an exciting new translation of the modernist Brazilian epic Macunaima, by Mario de Andrade. This landmark novel from 1928 has been hugely influential. It follows the...

Peter Carson's new translation of Turgenev's vivid and honest tale of generational conflict When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond...

Ten tales of loss and longing, from one one Japan's greatest writers Bringing together Yukio Mishima's finest stories, this selection shows his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of...

One of the most beloved translations of all time returns to Penguin Classics- Scott Moncrieff's masterful version of Proust Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth...

THE HOLY CITY IS NO PLACE FOR MERCY 'Matthew Plampin should rank with the best' Sunday Times 'Plampin is heartbreakingly good' The Times 'Gripping, immersive, at times very funny and...

'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes. Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave...

Halo Tarrant, abandoning her failed marriage, elopes to Europe with the brilliant young writer, Vance Weston. As they travel around, her only wish is to serve him and his genius....

'Why should I not publish my diary? I have often seen reminiscences of people I have never even heard of, and I fail to see - because I do not...

Available in English for the first time, The Chandelier is one of Lispector's most radical books and a key part of what made her a Brazilian legend 'She found the...

Toby Withers, a young man with epilepsy, leaves New Zealand after the death of his mother. While on board a ship to England, he meets Zoe, a middle-aged woman looking...

Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss ('a masterpiece') In these parts, they called her Queen. And she was queen of rags, of sagging mouldering...

The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman Thea Kronberg, a young girl from a small town in...

One of the greatest novels ever written, now in a wonderful new clothbound edition Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it....

In The Possessed, Witold Gombrowicz, considered by many to be Poland's greatest modernist, draws together the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a darkly funny and playful subversion...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAX PORTER WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library '\"A man's brain is a bomb,\" he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. \"My brain...

A powerful, poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms. A poignant story of the inability to capture lost...

Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition- 'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the...

This illustrated heirloom edition brings the classic tale to life for new generations. One of the most beloved stories in children's literature, The Secret Garden follows the story of Mary...

The book titled Sherlock Holmes: Original Illustrated "Strand" Edition by the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Penguin Classics relaunch. This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed...

New to Black Classics The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English...

A special student edition of the classic American novel, with an introduction and study notes Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year "It's an extremely handsome, well-designed book, and you couldn't ask for a better introduction to Kafka...If you've never read Kafka before or if...

A classics tale of romance in urban Nineteenth-century America When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing...