Classic Fiction

Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman

A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability…

Tess Of The D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)

Tess Of The D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)

This text examines Aristotle's "Rhetoric" as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique,…

The Art Of War ( Sun-tzu)

The Art Of War ( Sun-tzu)

The Art Of War (Tzu Sun)

A hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin, from the author of Child of All Nations
Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a stolen fur coat and recently fired from her office job, she takes an all-ni

The Athenian Constitution (Aristotle)

The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)

The Charterhouse Of Parma (Stendhal)

The Chef At War (Alexis Soyer)

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works

The novel, stories, plays, essays and poems of Oscar Wilde are all included in this comprehensive collection of the works of one of the most exciting writers of the late nineteenth century.