Penguin Modern Classics

Delve into the transformative works that have defined modern literature with our Penguin Modern Classics collection at Harry Hartog. Featuring a diverse array of authors and narratives, these seminal texts offer profound insights into the human experience and continue to resonate with readers today.

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The True Heart by Sylvia Townsend Warner - 9780241476109
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The True Heart
Sylvia Townsend Warner
A love story set in Victorian England by one of the most original writers of...
Mr Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner - 9780241476093
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Mr Fortune's Maggot
Sylvia Townsend Warner
One of Sylvia Townsend Warner's best-loved novels- a droll and deeply affecting story of love...
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner - 9780241454817
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The Corner That Held Them
Sylvia Townsend Warner
A masterpiece of historical fiction, The Corner That Held Them depicts the lives of medieval...
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner - 9780241454848
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Summer Will Show
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner's tale of a Victorian woman's love for her husband's mistress is an...
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - 9780141182865
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A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius...
Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson - 9780141187457
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Hell's Angels
Hunter S Thompson
We're the one percenters, man - the one percent that don't fit in and don't...
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S Thompson - 9780241960417
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
Hunter S Thompson
The king of gonzo journalism's most scorching work for Rolling Stone 'It would not do...
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux - 9780141189154
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The Old Patagonian Express
Paul Theroux
New Modern Classics edition with a NEW preface by Paul Theroux The Old Patagonian Express...
The Time Regulation Institute by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar - 9780141195759
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The Time Regulation Institute
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
A forgotten masterpiece of Turkish literature, championed by Orhan Pamuk and translated into English for...
Requiem by Antonio Tabucchi - 9780241519318
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Requiem
Antonio Tabucchi
A private meeting, chance encounters and a mysterious tour of Lisbon, in this brilliant homage...
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi - 9780241519301
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Pereira Maintains
Antonio Tabucchi
The much-loved masterpiece from one of the key figures of twentieth-century Italian literature In the...
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck - 9780141186313
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The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards...
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck - 9780141186108
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Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
A witty, incisive classic of road-trip literature, from one of the great champions and critics...
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck - 9780141185521
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Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck
In Monterey, on the California Coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after...
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck - 9780141185095
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The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In...
The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 9780141185125
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The Pearl
John Steinbeck
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century...
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - 9780141185101
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century...
The Moon is Down by Mr John Steinbeck - 9780141185538
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The Moon is Down
Mr John Steinbeck
Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, Steinbeck's fable THE MOON IS DOWN...
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - 9780141185088
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Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century...
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner - 9780141188003
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Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
An iconic novel of the American West - a deeply moving narrative of one family...
The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark - 9780141188348
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The Driver's Seat
Muriel Spark
New to Modern Classics, published alongside The Ballad of Peckham Rye Lise has been driven...
Under the Sign of Saturn by Susan Sontag - 9780141190082
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Under the Sign of Saturn
Susan Sontag
New to Penguin Modern Classics for Sontag's exploration of the most important artists of our...
Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag - 9780141190051
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Styles of Radical Will
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag's second collection of groundbreaking essays, new to Penguin Modern Classics This collection of...
On Photography by Susan Sontag - 9780141035789
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On Photography
Susan Sontag
'The most original and illuminating study of the subject' New Yorker How do we see...
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag - 9780141187129
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Susan Sontag
In these groundbreaking studies, Sontag strips away the myths that surround the two most stigmatized...
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn - 9780141184746
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia...
Second Hand
Enemies: A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer - 9780141197616
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Enemies: A Love Story
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Published in 1972,Enemies, A Love Storyis an astonishing novel that blends humour and pathos to...
The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon - 9780241258569
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The Snow Was Dirty
Georges Simenon
A new translation of Simenon's visceral, critically acclaimed classic And always the dirty snow, the...