Classics of Literature

The famous Gothic novel from Ann Radcliffe From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her...

Penguin Classics relaunch. When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially...

One of the greatest novels of Chinese literature The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The...

Mann's semi-autobiographical and sweeping family epic. The book that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature Discover Mann's Nobel Prizewinning semi-autobiographical and sweeping family epic. The Buddenbrook clan is everything...

Rediscover Virginia Woolf's greatest works in beautiful new gift editions from Vintage Classics Rediscover one of Virginia Woolf's greatest works in this beautiful new gift edition from Vintage Classics. 'My...

From the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a compelling and spirited novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In the late 1800s, rather than...

A collection of Kafka's greatest stories, including his famous tale of alienation, now in Penguin Black Classics This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works...

New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England Self-important and more or less friendless,...

The last novel in Simenon's celebrated series When an elegant but nervous woman appears in Inspector Maigret's office and reports her rich and successful husband missing, Maigret and Lapointe find...

When a man is found dead at home Maigret must look past the seemingly good intentions of the victim's family to figure out just who the culprit is A retired...

Taking its title from T.S. Eliot's modernist poem The Waste Land, Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust is a chronicle of Britain's decadence and social disintegration between the First and...

An extraordinary novel of passion and discovery from Anais Nin, the master of erotic fiction Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for...

A new selection of seven of Dostoyevsky's best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories...

New translation by Robin Buss, with chronology, further reading, explanatory notes. Set at the height of the \"tulipomania\" that gripped Holland in 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius...

A unique collection bringing together acknowledged masterpieces from classic authors such as Chekhov and Gogol and a rich selection from less familiar writers. From the reign of the Tsars in...

Penguin Classics relaunch. Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with sweet-natured Lotte. Though he realizes that Lotte is to marry Albert, he is...

A fictionalised account of the time Dostoyevsky spent in a Siberian prison camp for his part in a political conspiracy In January 1850 Dostoyevsky was sent to a remote Siberian...

Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the the BBC adaptation of Cranford in 2004 Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on...

Anne Bronte's first novel, offering a compelling insight into the world of the Victorian governess When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find...

new to Modern Classics Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William, and her dangerous...

One of the most startling literary debuts of all time, now in Penguin Black Classics As the First World War reaches its final year, an illicit love affair is beginning...

Maigret investigates the circumstances surrounding the attempted suicide of a countess and the death of a multi millionaire, both seemingly strangers but staying in the same hotel. When multi-millionaire David...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny' Taken from the poverty of her parents'...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the...

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York, from one of the greatest writers of modern American prose An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess...

Penguin Classics Relaunch When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's...

Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in...

While on holiday Maigret gets involved in a local murder case Maigret and his wife takes a much needed holiday to Vichy, where they quickly become used to the slower...

Orlando, deciding not to grow old, pursues his quest for passion, adventure, fulfilment and protracted youth. Chasing a dream through the centuries, he bounds from Elizabethan England and imperial Turkey...

When Benjamin Button's father arrives at hospital he is surprised and ashamed to find his new baby boy is a weathered, aged man, to all appearances no younger than seventy...

On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a grinning cat and a...

Lud-in-the-Mist - a prosperous country town situated where two rivers meet: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie, is a great...

Eleven-year-old Elmer inhabits a childhood of superstition, private lore and secret societies that only certain friends can join (and of which he is always president). When a new boy, pale,...

Author: Louisa May AlcottFormat: Paperback, 154mm x 229mm, 1183g, 656 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Focus, United States, 2024 The heartwarming classic is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking...

Author: Raymond Chandler Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The classic Chandler mystery, reissued in B format Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and...

Delight in the most wonderful time of the year with a collection of heartwarming and heartfelt Christmas classics in this beautiful, giftable Christmas collection, featuring stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa...

A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Natsume Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.' Haruki Murakami A chance encounter irrevocably links...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his...

The original Japanese Cat-Lit Classic. Now published in a new translation by Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and the City Discover the original Japanese Cat classic, now in a...

A masterpiece of historical fiction, The Corner That Held Them depicts the lives of medieval nuns amid the turmoil of rebellion and the Black Death Sylvia Townsend Warner's portrayal of...

Virginia Woolf's playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for her intimate friend Vita Sackville-West Orlando has always been an outsider... His longing for passion, adventure and fulfilment...

New critical introduction, outlining the novel's publishing history, and discussing its reception, the character of Little Nell, Dickens's style, and the illustrations The tale of Little Nell gripped the nation...

The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Romances which includes: "Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen constructed Pride and Prejudice, with wit, social precision and an irresistible heroine. Beginning with one of the...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Tristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg- 'a narrative meditation...

Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) is famed for his magical stories, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', here illustrated throughout the inner pages by Sir John Tenniel's much loved...

The classic story of the Christmas transformation of Scrooge that has remained in the public imagination for well over a century, now available in an accessible format for all readers....

'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859), Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the...