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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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - 9780141396477
$17.99
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - 9780141439822
$17.99
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English...
Richard III by William Shakespeare - 9780141396651
$22.99
Richard III
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Richard II by William Shakespeare - 9780141396644
$17.99
Richard II
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy - 9780140424638
$26.99
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
A new translation by Tony Briggs of Tolstoy's last major novel Resurrection (1899) tells the...
Republic by Plato - 9780141442433
$26.99
Republic
Plato
Authoritative new edition of Plato's Republic by acclaimed translator Christopher Rowe 'We set about founding...
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - 9780140449709
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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
A unique new selection, bringing together Akutagawa's undisputed masterpieces and several less well known tales,...
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw - 9780141439501
$22.99
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of...
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus - 9780140441123
$26.99
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
Aeschylus
Penguin Classics relaunch Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the...
Poetics by Aristotle - 9780140446364
$26.99
Poetics
Aristotle
Penguin Classics relaunch A penetrating account of Greek tragedy, it demonstrates how the elements of...
Persuasion by Jane Austen - 9780141439686
$14.99
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Penguin Classics relaunch At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic...
Paradise Lost by John Milton - 9780140424393
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Paradise Lost
John Milton
Penguin Classics relaunch In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a...
Our Mutual Friend from Charles Dickens - Harry Hartog gift idea
$22.99
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Dickens' last completed novel portraying a dark, macabre London Our Mutual Friend centres on an...
Othello by William Shakespeare - 9780141396514
$17.99
Othello
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Orlando by Virginia Woolf - 9780241371961
$17.99
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
A playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend...
On War by Carl Clausewitz - 9780140444278
$29.99
On War
Carl Clausewitz
Penguin Classics relaunch. Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer...
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche - 9780141195377
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On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
The companion book to Beyond Good and Evil, the three essays included here offer vital...
On Sparta by Plutarch - 9780140449433
$22.99
On Sparta
Plutarch
A vivid and richly anecdotal portrait of Spartan society. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of...
Notes from Underground and the Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 9780140455120
$26.99
Notes from Underground and the Double
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In a new translation by Ronald Wilks 'Notes from Underground' (1864) is a study of...
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - 9780140434248
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North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
Penguin Classics relaunch. When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her...
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - 9780141396590
$22.99
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - 9780241371947
$17.99
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
An enthralling exploration of the human experience, from the author of To The Lighthouse On...
Metamorphoses by Ovid - 9780140447897
$17.99
Metamorphoses
Ovid
\"I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success....
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare - 9780141396552
$17.99
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Maurice by E.M. Forster - 9780141441139
$26.99
Maurice
E.M. Forster
First time in Black Classics for Forster's autobiographical novel of homosexual love. Maurice Hall is...
Macbeth by William Shakespeare - 9780141396316
$17.99
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - 9780141395098
$29.99
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
One of the great masterpieces of 17th century English prose, with a major new introduction...
Letters to a Young Poet by Charlie Louth - 9780141192321
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Letters to a Young Poet
Charlie Louth
Rilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now in Penguin Classics At the...