A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are st
Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755) was the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written. This is an anthology of 4,000 familiar, unusual and sometimes bizarre entries f
Written by the Court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017), ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book is one of the greatest works of Japanese literature. A fascinating exploration of life am
The ultimate collection of weird and frightening American fiction As Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. Am
The fierce, irreverent novel of aspiration and rebellion that is both a cornerstone of Australian literature and a feminist classic Miles Franklin began the candid, passionate, and contrary My Brillia
The epic novel of man and nature that won its author the Nobel Prize in Literature-the first new English translation since the novel's original publication ninety years ago When it was first published
A new edition of the definitive collection of modern poetry from Africa "Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa," writes Gerald Moore, "has continued to compete for primacy against
Plato's The Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the
Lively tales of asceticism, wickedness, and virtue from one of IndiaA's great religious traditions Beautifully translated from the Sanskrit, the stories in this volume reflect the vital tradition of
An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Rus
In despair at having no son to succeed him, the King of Turkey leaves his palace to live in seclusion. Soon after, however, he encounters four wandering dervishes - three princes and a rich merchant f
Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introductionIn 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writi
A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of Anna Karenina-with a spectacular, specially illustrated cover The Three M
The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi traditionA-in a brilliant new translation The longest single -authored A"mysticalA" poem ever written, the Masnavi-ye MaA'navi, or A"spiritual couplets,
The definitive Kerouac collection-now in Penguin Classics To coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration of On the Road, Penguin Classics republishes this landmark collection. The Portable Jack Ker
Of the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of World War I, A Short History of th
Set in the rural Midlands of England, The Rainbow (1915) revolves around three generations of the Brangwens, a strong, vigorous family, deeply involved with the land. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polis
Emile Durkheim's On Suicide (1897) was a groundbreaking book in the field of sociology. Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair but Durkheim recognized that the
Dime novels - as fundamentally American as baseball and jazz - were an inexpensive and inexhaustible source of popular entertainment for millions of Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentie
The ideal single-volume introduction to the greatest masterpieces of ancient comedy From the fifth to the second century B.C., theatrical comedy flourished in Greece and Rome. This new anthology bring
Soon to be a major motion picture from Disney, this beloved classic is published here in its authoritative original English version One of the world?s best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The
Unrivaled in its range and intensity, the poetry of World War I continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This newly edited anthology reflects the diverse experiences of those who lived through
Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems of such beauty, imagination and gene
One of the greatest works of the Middle Ages, in a marvelous new verse translation Composed in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is as beloved as it is venerable, combining the h
The most important personal accounts of the Plymouth Colony?the key sources of Nathaniel Philbrick?s New York Times bestseller Mayflower National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick and his father,
A work of antic political satire from an American masterIn The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted to rule
Freud?s landmark writings on love and sexuality?including the famous case study of Dora? newly translated and in one volume for the first time This original collection brings together the most importa
A masterpiece of ancient Chinese philosophy, second in influence only to the Tao Te Ching One of the founders of Taoism, Chuang Tzu was firmly opposed to Confucian values of order, control, and hierar
The master of ancient Greek comic drama, Aristophanes combined slapstick, humour and cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In Frogs, written during the Pelaponnesian War, Dionysus desc
Women in Love explores the lives of Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, and their developing love affairs with Rupert Birkin, an intellectual, and Gerald Crich, and industrialist. The despair of one
A definitive collection of poems that express the languid eroticism and aesthetic rebellion of the late Victorian ageToward the end of the nineteenth century, formerly straight-laced English verse beg
Unflinching reports of London?s poor from a prolific and influential English writer London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles, later published in four volumes, written for t
A timeless novel in the spirited tradition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn One of the most popular American authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Pulitze
One of India?s great epics in a powerful new translation The Ramayana (along with the Mahabharata) is to India what the epics of Homer and the stories of the Bible are to Western culture: works that c
Menacing tales from one of the masters of horror fiction Although Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre. Compris
The great national epic of Persia?the most complete English-language edition Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appeara
In 1834, Charlotte Bronte, together with her brother Branwell, created the imaginary kingdom of Angria, of which she was to write prolifically for the next five years. The five 'novelettes' in this v
Twenty-three poems that transformed English poetry Wordsworth and Coleridge composed this powerful selection of poetry during their youthful and intimate friendship. Reproducing the first edition of 1
Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West?s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magni
Hailed as a "tremendous accomplishment," the first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan B
