Classics

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's. From the humanistic inspiration behind The Potato Eaters to his long-time obsession with painting the vision that...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. One of the finest poets of the Victorian age, Christina Rosetti is known today for the directness, clarity and unmatched lyricism of her works. This selection brings together some of her finest...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books.Of course, very few people go through the gate and abandon the beautiful phenomenon of the outside world for the interior reality that they intuit… A visitor to a zoo discovers he can...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you. I’ll see you in hell first. Why, thank you, I’d like to awfully, but I’m having...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. This small group of stories by D. H. Lawrence show him in a number of moods. The hope is that in such a limited number of pages, the reader will come away with a compressed, rich sense of...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books There are many great English ghost stories, but they appear flimsy and emotionally spectral compared to the works of M.R. James. This selection gives the reader a flavour of his strange gifts...

Rediscover the brilliance of Down Among the Women in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers. A classic from beloved national treasure Fay Weldon sees four women...

Martine and Philippa are the daughters of a forceful priest of a Lutheran sect. Reared to deny all earthly pleasures, they live out their lives performing good work on behalf of the inhabitants of the tiny Scandinavian fishing village in which they...

In a sweltering Paris summer Inspector Maigret works against the clock to catch a serial killer in this classic novel featuring Simenon's literary legend Inspector Maigret is known for his infallible instinct, for getting at the truth no matter how...

Inspector Maigret's Holiday takes an unexpected turn in this classic novel featuring Simenon's literary legend Inspector Maigret's wife has fallen ill during their seaside holiday at Les Sables-d'Olonne. When he visits her in the hospital, he receives a...

Available in English for the first time, this thriller follows a woman who is accused of orchestrating her husband’s murder and the journalist who attempts to piece it all together.A taut psychological thriller about the hidden demons that guide...

"She tried to settle that most difficult problem for women, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working."North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots...

You realize, of course, that we could never be friends. Why not? What I'm saying - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape, or form - is that men and women can't be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way. That's not true. I have a...

'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan Sontag A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and the...

Emily Brontë’s only novel and a gothic classic—a gripping story of obsession, revenge, and tragedy—now the feature film “Wuthering Heights” from Emerald Fennell, which captures the spirit of this epic love story and...

Revisit one of the most important pillars in modern philosophy with this new English translation—the first in more than 60 years—of Jean-Paul Sartre’s seminal treatise on existentialism. “This is a philosophy to be reckoned with,...

James Hogg''s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a Scottish classic, a quintessentially Gothic tale of psychological horror, and a relentless attack on Calvinist dogma. The Penguin Classics edition is edited with an...

A moving reimagining of the man at the heart of Operation Mincemeat. William Maryngton has just one dream: to fight for his country, as his late father did. Devoted and honourable, he knows no fear – yet somehow, he always misses the battle; too...

A healthy young man dies in his sleep, despite the ringing of seven separate alarm clocks… Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to...

Charts the rise and fall of an ambitious young social climber in a cruel, monarchical society.Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon realizing that success can only be achieved by adopting...