Classics of Literature

This collection features 16 monumental works of non-fiction, encompassing philosophy, politics, autobiography, and practical advice. Spanning over two millennia, from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Marcus Aurelius to the...

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Fiction Classics Bargain Book Box (17 Books) This collection spans the breadth of foundational literature, encompassing gothic horror, psychological realism, and essential folklore. It balances the stark existentialism of early...

'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She...

Brave New World is still one of the most shocking, unnerving and prophetic novels ever written. Mass-consumerism, individualism, total reliance on technology- it is a future that appears to be...

Penguin Classics relaunch The award-winning new translation of the great Russian novel.Leo Tolstoy (Author) Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Tula province. He studied at the University of...

Author: Georges Simenon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 In the penultimate novel in the series Maigret investigates a crime in Paris's seedy red light district The body...

The definitive translation of the world's greatest novel TRANSLATED BY EDITH GROSSMAN Widely regarded as the world's first modern novel, and one of the funniest and most tragic books ever...

The classic translation of Kafka's great work of psychological horror 'It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary' Rediscover Kafka's classic work...

Author: Hans Christian Andersen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1184 Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched,...

Author: Joseph Conrad Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'Spookily topical' - Guardian WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODENLondon is under threat. It has become a haven for...

Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter...

The classic existentialist novel, in a wonderful new translation by Sandra Smith, now in paperback Meursault leads an unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of...

The greatest rediscovered classic of recent years, Stoner is a literary legend. This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic....

The acclaimed new translation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, for the first time in Black Classics after the successful hardback and Red Classics editions - 10,000+ hbks and by time of BC...

Reissued with a new cover and lower price as part of Penguin Classics overhaul of Jane Austen's editions The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and...

Author: Kurt Vonnegut Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Another iconic title from the brilliant space-wanderer Kurt Vonnegut - rejacketed in a new, witty series style Discover Vonnegurt's...

'In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky's original' New York Times Book Review FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY Dostoevsky's beautiful writing...

Author: Margaret Atwood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades-...

This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien's own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes. 'Tom was here before the...

Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of...

A guaranteed best-seller - a brilliant new edition of one of Penguin's top-ten classics - more than 35k of the Black Classic edition sold every year. Orphaned Jane Eyre grows...

Penguin Classics relaunch Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord....

Jane Austen's masterworks in a single beautiful Penguin English Library volume Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers 'Beautifully...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers 'It...

The acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's masterpiece for Penguin Classics 'Will I really - I mean, really - actually take an axe, start bashing her on the head, smash her...

The heartwarming classic is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for classic fiction lovers, readers in high-school...

Author: Andrew Nicoll Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 Otto Witte was once many things. But now, sitting in his caravan, drinking what's left of his coffee (dust),...

A Room of One's Own grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928. Ranging over Jane Austen and Charlotte...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers 'Jane...

Author: Lesley Sims Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 24 The simple and engaging text is accompanied by vibrant illustrations. 4 years + .A new paperback edition of the...

'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' John Ezard, Guardian 'Probably more...

'Dumas is a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers.' The Guardian **AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT** A...

This collection brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation;...

Author: Henry GrayFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 232mm, 1280 pagesPublished: Sterling Juvenile, United States, 2018This is an attractively designed edition of Gray's Anatomy, the scientific and artistic triumph.Gray's Anatomyis a phenomenally...

Author: Hester Musson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, bestselling author of Pandora 'A well-researched and thoroughly...

Author: Maurice Leblanc Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. The inspiration for the new Netflix series,Lupin, starring...

One of the first bestsellers in Germany after the Second World War, Berlin Finale is a breathtaking novel of the most dramatic period of upheaval in modern history April 1945,...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face,...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers Discover...

The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume...

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double...

The definitive version of Jane Austen's timeless novel of love's triumph over adversity When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is...

"I want you to believe . . . to believe in things you cannot." Bram Stoker's Dracula, one of literature's most frightening vampire horror novels, is now available in an...

'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, Observer Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what...

First time this book has been published as a Penguin Classic Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who,...

Nabokov's suspenseful whodunit and one of his most acclaimed works The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with...