Penguin Black Classics

Explore literary greatness with the Penguin Black Classics collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. Featuring iconic works by the world’s greatest authors, these beautifully bound editions offer timeless stories in elegant, affordable formats. Shop online or in-store for essential reads in philosophy, fiction, drama, and poetry—from Homer to Woolf and beyond.

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The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - 9780140436150
$26.99
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
The second part of Adam Smith's economic theory, stating the argument for free trade Smith's...
Passing by Nella Larsen - 9780142437278
$26.99
Passing
Nella Larsen
A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICK Nella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity...
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield by Katherine Mansfield - 9780141441818
$27.99
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
With a new introduction by Ali Smith WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH Katherine Mansfield's...
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki - 9780143106036
$27.99
Kokoro
Natsume Soseki
"Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature."-Haruki Murakami The...
Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - 9780140443530
$26.99
Notre-Dame de Paris
Victor Hugo
Hugo's Gothic tale of Quasimodo In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the...
The Book of Chuang Tzu by Chuang Tzu - 9780140455373
$22.99
The Book of Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu
New to Classics The Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories, tales, jokes and...
The Aeneid by Virgil - 9780140449327
$26.99
The Aeneid
Virgil
Penguin Classics relaunch. Virgil's Aeneid, inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, is...
A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - 9780140432442
$32.99
A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
Hume's masterpiece on human nature, attacking traditional religious thought One of the most significant works...
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - 9780140437676
$4.00
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
The original Gothic novel On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house...
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Pamela by Samuel Richardson - 9780140431407
$24.99
Pamela
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social...
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - 9780143108245
$29.99
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
For the centennial of its original publication, a beautiful Deluxe Edition of one of Joyce's...
Germinal by Roger Pearson - 9780140447422
$16.99
Germinal
Roger Pearson
New translation by Roger Pearson of the novel considered to be Zola's masterpiece Considered by...
Shahnameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi - 9780143108320
$59.99
Shahnameh
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
The stories of theShahnamehare deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their...
Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 9780141441412
$24.99
Demons
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A major new translation of one of Dostoyevsky's four great novels Pyotr and Stavrogin are...
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories by Jack London - 9780140186512
$14.99
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
Jack London
A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London's...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by David Womersley - 9780140437645
$35.00
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
David Womersley
The most celebrated historical work in the English language Spanning thirteen centuries from the age...
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas - 9780140436327
$35.00
Selected Writings
Thomas Aquinas
Brings together the major writings of the great Italian philosopher. In his reflections on Christianity,...
Selected Poems: Donne by John Donne - 9780140424409
$22.99
Selected Poems: Donne
John Donne
A new selection of John Donne's endlessly innovative and fascinating verse, from the witty conceit...
Pensees by Blaise Pascal - 9780140446456
$27.99
Pensees
Blaise Pascal
Penguin Classics relaunch Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician...
The Penguin Book of the Undead by Bruce, Scott G. - 9780143107682
$37.99
The Penguin Book of the Undead
Bruce, Scott G.
The dead live again in this haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring...
On Living and Dying Well by Cicero - 9780140455564
$22.99
On Living and Dying Well
Cicero
A selection of Cicero's philosophical writings on 'the good life', in a lively new translation...
Haunted Castles by Ray Russell - 9780143129318
$29.99
Haunted Castles
Ray Russell
A Penguin Classics black spine edition of "perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic...
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - 9780141439655
$14.99
Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
Penguin Classics relaunch Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up...
The Complete Poetry by George Herbert - 9780141392042
$27.99
The Complete Poetry
George Herbert
A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury, and including...
My Inventions and Other Writings by Nikola Tesla - 9780143106616
$29.99
My Inventions and Other Writings
Nikola Tesla
The fascinating autobiography of the legendary inventor behind the radio, wireless energy, robotics, and much...
The Dhammapada by Valerie J. Roebuck - 9780140449419
$22.99
The Dhammapada
Valerie J. Roebuck
A new translation by Valerie Roebuck of this seminal work of Buddhist literature One of...
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti - 9780143107767
$32.99
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti
Two terrifying modern classics by cult horror favorite Thomas Ligotti, in time for their 30th...
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The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine Howe - 9780143106180
$35.00
The Penguin Book of Witches
Katherine Howe
Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America A Penguin Classic Chilling...