Penguin Black Classics

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Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal - 9780143039693
$29.99
Noli Me Tangere
Jose Rizal
The great novel of the Philippines In more than a century since its appearance, Jose...
The Life of the Buddha by Tenzin Chogyel - 9780143107200
$35.00
The Life of the Buddha
Tenzin Chogyel
A new English translation of The Life of the Buddha that includes the frequent intervention...
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - 9780140440393
$26.99
History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the...
Capital by Karl Marx - 9780140445695
$32.99
Capital
Karl Marx
The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's world-shaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains...
Capital by Karl Marx - 9780140445701
$39.99
Capital
Karl Marx
Unfinished at the time of Marx's death in 1883 and first published with a preface...
The Mahabharata by John D. Smith - 9780140446814
$32.99
The Mahabharata
John D. Smith
New selection and translation of the great epic story of ancient India, revealing a mythic...
Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings by Rene Descartes - 9780140447019
$26.99
Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings
Rene Descartes
Penguin Classics relaunch Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the...
The Complete Poems by John Keats - 9780140422108
$27.99
The Complete Poems
John Keats
Penguin Classics relaunch Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief...
Wuthering Heights from Emily Bronte - Harry Hartog gift idea
$14.99
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Penguin Classics relaunch Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors,...
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole - 9780140439021
$22.99
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands (1957) is the autobiography of Jamaican woman...
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - 9780140434781
$22.99
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters is a story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the...
War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 9780140447934
$19.99
War And Peace
Leo Tolstoy
The acclaimed new translation of Tolstoy's masterpiece, for the first time in Black Classics after...
Utopia by Thomas More - 9780141442327
$17.99
Utopia
Thomas More
A major new translation by Dominic Baker-Smith of More's perenially popular Latin text 'Even if...
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare - 9780141396446
$17.99
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - 9780140437683
$19.99
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
First time in Penguin Classics for this quintessential adventure story The quintessential adventure story that...
Titus Andronicus by Jacques Berthoud - 9780141396323
$22.99
Titus Andronicus
Jacques Berthoud
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Timaeus and Critias by Plato - 9780140455045
$22.99
Timaeus and Critias
Plato
Timaeus and Critias has a central place in Western thought and is best known to...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche - 9780140441185
$26.99
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Penguin Classics relaunch Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western...
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - 9780141439617
$17.99
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
Penguin Classics relaunch The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on...
The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche - 9780141195353
$26.99
The Will to Power
Friedrich Nietzsche
New to Penguin Classics, The Will to Power includes some of Nietzsche's most important thoughts...
The White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur Machen - 9780143105596
$37.99
The White People and Other Weird Stories
Arthur Machen
Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director...
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - 9780140432084
$26.99
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Penguin Classics relaunch Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political...
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - 9780141441030
$17.99
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? The night after a shooting...
The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves - 9780140455168
$17.99
The Twelve Caesars
Robert Graves
A revised edition of Robert Graves' classic translation (9780140449211), with completely fresh editorial material As...
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - 9780141439976
$17.99
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? When a Victorian scientist propels...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Graham Coleman - 9780140455267
$26.99
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Graham Coleman
This is the Classics edition of one of the greatest works created by any culture,...
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 9780141442341
$17.99
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
A new translation by Richard Pevear Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's...
The Tempest by William Shakespeare - 9780141396309
$17.99
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...