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The Romance of Tristan
One of the earliest extant versions of the Tristan and Yseut story, Beroul's French manuscript of The Romance of Tristan dates back to the middle of the twelfth century. It …
This Can't Be Happening
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In the galvanising speeches and essays brought together in This Can't Be Happening, George …
The Garden of Forking Paths
'Summer was drawing to a close, and I realized that the book was monstrous.'Fantastical tales of mazes, puzzles, lost labyrinths and bookish mysteries, from the unique imagination …
The Laws of Manu
The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this is an extraordinary, encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and …
Three Japanese Buddhist Monks
'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky'These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist …
The Black Sheep
His elegantly-crafted tale of sibling rivalry, Honoré de Balzac's The Black Sheep is translated from the French with an introduction by Donald Adamson in Penguin Classics.Philippe …
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat
Spanning more than fifty years, a compilation of thirty-three orations demonstrates how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric, from his early days to the speeches the …
The Sound and the Fury
A collectible hardcover edition of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner's masterpiece, with a new introduction by Ayana Mathis, the New York Times bestselling author of The Twelve …
The Saga of the Volsungs
Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings'They …
The Voyage Out
'A strange, tragic, inspired book ... It is absolutely unafraid' E. M. ForsterA party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South America. Among them is a young …
The Death of King Arthur
Recounting the final days of Arthur, this thirteenth-century French version of the Camelot legend, written by an unknown author, is set in a world of fading chivalric glory. It …