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After his father's early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather's home in a world even then eighty years out of date. In Words Sartre recalls growing up...

With a new introduction by Richard Mabey Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing LARK RISE, OVER TO CANDLEFORD and CANDLEFORD GREEN, is a heartwarming portrayal of country life at the close...

The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL and NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the...

The spectacular debut novel by one of the century's great cult novelists, and author of the best-selling ON THE ROAD. 'It is the sum of myself, as far as the...

'The supreme poet of love in Twentieth-century English verse' The Guardian. Graves described poetry as his ruling passion, and for him love was 'the main theme and origin of true...

Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals...

'Benno blew a long note and it sounded hard and very sure, so I stopped worrying about him losing his tone while he was in the concentration camp. He hadn't.'...

This volume of autobiographical essays, now in paperback, is one of Achebe's most powerful and personal works to date The pieces here span reflections on personal and collective identity, on...

A warm, joyful novel that fizzes with humanity and love of language - by the bestselling author of The Accidental 'There once was a man who, one night between the...

Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his past...

Contains: The Umbrella Man; Dip in the Pool; The Butler; The Hitchhiker; Mr Botibol; My Lady Love, My Dove; The Way Up to Heaven; Parson's Pleasure; The Sound Machine; The...

The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of "Frankenstein". In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond...

Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and...

A.C. Bradley put Shakespeare on the map for generations of readers and students for whom the plays might not otherwise have become "real" at all' writes John Bayley in his...

A revised edition of this fascinating history of the Byzantine world A revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative...

The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.

Goncharov's powerful - and frequently very funny - novelistic denunciation of Russian serfdom. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy - a man so lazy that he...

A leading figure in the Indian nationalist movement and a friend of Gandhi, Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 Set on a Bengali noble's estate in...

'Like Gandhi and Nehru, Tagore devised a toolkit with which to fashion the modern Indian self' Sunil Khilnani, Independent Poet, novelist, painter and musician, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is the grand...

Penguin Classics relaunch Written by Europe's first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels...

A revised edition of Dante's early poems, inspired by his love for Beatrice A unique treatise by a poet, written for poets, on the art of poetry, LA VITA NUOVA...

The paperback publication of the third volume of our new, substantially complete translation of one of the best-known and most influential classics of world literature Every night for three years...

First time in Penguin Classics for one of the most popular of the Icelandic sagas- an epic story of heroism and hubris. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century...

First edition in Penguin Classics for two powerful prose sagas, and part of a new series of eight Icelandic Sagas These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought...

A new edition of one of the most popular Icelandic sagas and a masterpiece of Scandinavian literature: a powerful tale of love, hatred and the bonds of friendship. Egil's Saga...

Melmoth the Wanderer is an archetypal Gothic romance Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his...

Before publishing the sensuous and scandalous poems of Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) had already earned respect as a forthright and witty critic of art and literature. This...

This abridged edition, translated by Alastair Hannay, clearly reveals the compelling development of Kierkegaard's thought, while detailed notes and individual introductions to each section provide a detailed consideration of his...

The first modern novel of France, and a tale of unrequited love Set towards the end of the reign of Henry II of France, The Princesse de Cl ves (1678)...

Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and...

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns...

A masterly new translation of Rabelais' great scatological comedy - a fantasy set in a land of giants The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human...

In his introduction, Stephen Matterson discusses Melville's literary career, the role of the trickster in American literature, and themes of satire and religious allegory in this unusual novel Onboard the...

Penguin Classics relaunch On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of...

A collection of Thomas Paine's outstanding works on political revolution This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle...

Penguin Classics relaunch Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New...

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History...

A beautiful, intimate memoir from the time of the Ch'ing Dynasty in China Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social...

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland,...

A collection of Hoffmann's tales, which are at the forefront of surrealism and horror writing This selection of Hoffmann's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with...

Anatole France's tale of the French Revolution is strangely prophetic of twentieth century terror It is April 1793 and the final power struggle of the French Revolution is taking hold:...

A fascinating insight into medieval Welsh life Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through...

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams is a unique autobiography in which the anonymous writer known as Lady Sarashina intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of...

Arthur Cooper's translations are accompanied by an introduction in which he discusses the lives and times of Li Po and Tu Fu, and the spiritual, social and aesthetic background to...

This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks...

Arthur Waley's humorous and energetic translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the story's background in history and legend, its elements of anti-bureaucratic satire and the allegorical nature of its...

One of the great romance stories from the Middle Ages: a tale of love and deceit One of the great romances of the Middle Ages, Tristan, written in the early...

One of the earliest and finest of Balzac's works, exploring the tragedy that comes with obsession. In a gloomy house in provincial Saumur lives the miser Grandet with his wife...