We’re turning 70! In 1946 the first Penguin Classic—E.V. Rieu’s translation of The Odyssey—rolled off the presses. But that’s only one of our anniversaries this year—we’re also celebrating the centennial of beloved horror master Shirley Jackson, who was born on December 14, 1916.
Six of the galaxy's greatest works of sci-fi—think Dune and Neuromancer—are entering Penguin Classics’ orbit this October, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. Also available this fall: the Penguin Orange Collection, a dozen American classics in the Penguin orange tri-band heritage cover design with modern illustrative detail.
Our updated Pelican Shakespeare series, with stunning modern designs by Manuja Waldia and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, has arrived just in time for the Bard’s 400th death anniversary—the perfect excuse to crack open Hamlet, King Lear or The Tempest. Watch for new editions every few months!
Sunset Song
Terence Davies’ adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s novel charmed critics earlier this year—they called it “a grieving Scottish ballad of childhood's end” and praised its “astonishing beauty.” Gibbon’s original work, the first in the Scots Quair trilogy, tells the story of the young Scotswoman Chris Guthrie navigating Europe’s sea changes in the early twentieth century.
Classics A-to-Z
With an unbelievable two complete cycles under his belt, Alan Walker, our Senior Director of Academic Marketing and Sales has embarked on yet another Penguin Classics reading marathon from A–Z. Read Alan’s latest blog entries (now at B), as well as his first and second marathons.
Poems By Heart
Named one of the Best Apps of 2013 by Apple, Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics is a memorization game that will challenge you with classic poems from master wordsmiths including Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and more.
Little Black Classics
Penguin Books turned 80 in 2015, and to celebrate we released a special boxed set of 80 Little Black Classics—pocket-sized and millennia-spanning selections from writers as diverse as Sappho, Pu Songling and Tolstoy.
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