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The House of Bernarda Alba and Other Plays
In The House of Bernarda Alba, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, cruelly crushing their hopes and needs. The other plays here also portray female …
The Encyclopedia of the Dead
An entrancing, otherworldly collection of short stories from one of Europe's most accomplished 20th century writers, new to Penguin Modern ClassicsA counter-prophet attempts the …
Why Read the Classics?
Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that …
COLLECTED STORIES
This is the definitive collection of short stories by Saul Bellow. Abundant, precise, various, rich and exuberant, the stories display the stylistic and emotional brilliance which …
Summer Will Show
'A novel of love, war and death; brilliantly entertaining and far ahead of its time' Guardian 'She is my husband's mistress - and here am I, taking her out to dinner'Sophia …
A Moment of War
A Moment of War is the powerful and harrowing final book in Laurie Lee's acclaimed trilogy that began with Cider with RosieLaurie Lee was still a young man when he decided to fight …
The Heart of the Matter
"Wilson sat on the balcony of the Bedford Hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork... Graham Greene's masterpiece, The Heart of the Matter, tells the story of a …
The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the …
The Book of Common Prayer (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries. Originally produced for the Church of England in …
Italian Folktales
Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is …
Remember, Body...
'All those excessive, useless regrets...'A collection of nostalgic, erotic poetry from one of the greatest Greek poets to have ever lived.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 …