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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A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines - 9780141184982
$22.99
A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines
With prose that is every bit as raw, intense and bitingly honest as the world...
The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes - 9780241521113
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The Real Cool Killers
Chester Himes
'One of the towering figures of the black literary tradition.' Henry Louis Gates, Jr The...
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse - 9780141984612
$24.99
Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse
A gripping, vivid novel which brings to life Europe in the Middle Ages, in all...
Demian by Hermann Hesse - 9780241307434
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Demian
Hermann Hesse
The first of Hermann Hesse's novels to reflect his new way of thinking about the...
Hiroshima by John Hersey - 9780141184371
$26.99
Hiroshima
John Hersey
A landmark work of nonfiction and the definitive account of nuclear devastation The explosion over...
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse - 9780141192093
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Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
A new translation of this counterculture classic by David Horrocks A new translation by David...
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 9780141189574
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Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
A classic of twentieth-century literature with a NEW introduction by PAULO COELHO This edition has...
Facial Justice by L. P. Hartley - 9780141395067
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Facial Justice
L. P. Hartley
A darkly entertaining vision of human weakness, envy and governmental interference taken to their most...
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall - 9780141191836
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The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
New to Penguin Modern Classics, the seminal work of gay literature that sparked a notorious...
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley - 9780141185439
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley
From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in...
Meetings with Remarkable Men by G. I. Gurdjieff - 9780141394497
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
G. I. Gurdjieff
An exhilarating, life-affirming travelogue and a provocative, rallying invocation to the search for spiritual truth...
Claudius the God by Robert Graves - 9780141188607
$35.00
Claudius the God
Robert Graves
First time published individually in Modern Classics, together with I, CLAUDIUS Claudius has survived the...
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg - 9780141190167
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Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat...
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons - 9780241418895
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Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons
Stella Gibbons' hilarious comic novel of rural life, new to Penguin Modern Classics When sensible,...
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran - 9780141187013
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The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
Introduced by Robin Waterfield First published in the 1920's, THE PROPHET an inspirational, allegorical guide...
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 9780141189208
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
New to Penguin Modern Classics Florentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has...
Two Girls, Fat and Thin by Mary Gaitskill - 9780241464151
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Two Girls, Fat and Thin
Mary Gaitskill
A classic novel exploring loneliness and the nature of connection, from the bestselling author of...
An Autobiography by M. K. Gandhi - 9780141186863
$24.99
An Autobiography
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought...
The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith - 9780241468081
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The Great Crash 1929
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith, one of America's foremost economists, follows the incredible economic rise and fall...
Power by Michel Foucault - 9780241435083
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Power
Michel Foucault
The Essential Works of Michel Foucault offer the definitive collection of Foucault's articles, interviews and...
Ethics by Michel Foucault - 9780241435090
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Ethics
Michel Foucault
The Essential Works of Michel Foucault offer the definitive collection of Foucault's articles, interviews and...
The Foucault Reader by Michel Foucault - 9780241435144
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The Foucault Reader
Michel Foucault
An introduction to the work of Michel Foucault, including detailed excerpts from all of his...
The History of Sexuality: 1 by Michel Foucault - 9780241385982
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The History of Sexuality: 1
Michel Foucault
The first volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in...
The History of Sexuality: 2 by Michel Foucault - 9780241385999
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The History of Sexuality: 2
Michel Foucault
The second volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in...
The History of Sexuality: 3 by Michel Foucault - 9780241386002
$26.99
The History of Sexuality: 3
Michel Foucault
The third volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in...
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault - 9780241386019
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Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault
Foucault's seminal work on torture, punishment, discipline and the prison system, now reissued in Penguin...
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan - 9780141192055
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The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
One of the most influential books of the 20th century comes into Modern Classics When...
The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases by Sigmund Freud - 9780141183800
$29.99
The 'Wolfman' and Other Cases
Sigmund Freud
The new Penguin Freud, under Adam Phillips' general editorship, offers a fantastic opportunity to see...