On the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles: godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks. But when his pride is wounded and he refuses to fight, the thread of fate begin…
Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father, only to find that the mistress' rival and successor is also present. He falls for her, with devastating consequences. By 1949 Ya…
One of the finest poets of the Victorian age, Christina Rosetti is known today for the directness, clarity and unmatched lyricism of her works. This selection brings together some of her finest verses, lo…
'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse before him'His inheritance squandered and engagement severed, Guido di Cortese stalk…
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
Tristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg: 'a narrative meditation studyin…
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
I went down, I climbed back up into the light of the jaguar sun - into the sea of the green sap of the leaves. The world spun, I plunged down, my t…
90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Every sort of passion verges on chaos, I know, but what the collecting passion verges on is a chaos of memories.'
From intimate musings on his bo…
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'I must die. But must I die bawling?'
What does it mean to live a virtuous life? How can we rise above pain and anguish? In these teachings from B…
Rumi's verses have been a balm for readers' souls for over eight centuries. This exquisite selection brings together some of the Persian mystic's most profound, evocative and transcendent works. Exploring…
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
Plagued by ill-health, violently sick at sea, irritated by renovation costs: Seneca is never less than sympathetically human. In these letters writ…
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