Penguin Black Classics

A new translation by Valerie Roebuck of this seminal work of Buddhist literature One of...

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up...

Contains new introduction to second edition by volume editor. Boethius was an eminent public figure...

Penguin Classics relaunch. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on...

The original Gothic novel On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house...

A unique new selection, bringing together Akutagawa's undisputed masterpieces and several less well known tales,...

A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel This horrible but hugely...

Eusebius is regarded as *the* historian of Christian antiquity Eusebius's account is the only surviving...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? When a Victorian scientist propels...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin...

The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the...

New to Classics, with a new introduction by one of the best known Egyptologists of...

The second part of Adam Smith's economic theory, stating the argument for free trade Smith's...

Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before...

Brings together the major writings of the great Italian philosopher. In his reflections on Christianity,...

A new edition of the book that has been more widely read than any book...

Penguin Classics relaunch Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the...

Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary One of 80...

Penguin Classics relaunch Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the...

A vivid and richly anecdotal portrait of Spartan society. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of...

Hume's masterpiece on human nature, attacking traditional religious thought One of the most significant works...

Penguin Classics relaunch Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up...

Penguin Classics relaunch Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes...

Jules Verne's pioneering science fiction classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor...

First time this book has been published as a Penguin Classic Ambrosio, the worthy superior...

A brilliant new translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction...

The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's world-shaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains...