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Stancliffe's Hotel by Charlotte Bronte
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.' These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Bronte's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Bronte's early writing. This is one of 46 new books in the be ...Show more
The Body Politic : Little Black Classic by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.' In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its people. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Class ...Show more
The Book of Tea : Little Black Classic by Kakuzo Okakura
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. ...Show more
The Complete Plays by Christopher Marlowe
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Black Classics
Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe exp ...Show more
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'It is only a bruise' A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident... One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works fro ...Show more
The Frogs : Little Black Classic by Aristophanes
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Ko-ax, ko-ax, ko-ax!Now listen, you musical twerps,I don't give a damn for your burps!' A biting comedy from the great Ancient Greek playwright. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of ...Show more
The Lifted Veil : Little Black Classic by George Eliot
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Why did she stand before me with the candle in her hand, with her cruel contemptuous eyes fixed on me, and the glittering serpent, like a familiar demon, on her breast?' In this dark novella of Victorian horror, George Eliot explores clairvoyance, fate and the possibility of life after death. It is one ...Show more
The Nun of Murano : Little Black Classic by Giacomo Casanova
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
' "You are not my first passion, my divine friend, but you shall be my last." ' In this episode from his infamous memoirs, swashbuckling serial seducer Casanova falls for a beautiful nun on the Venetian island of Murano - despite already being involved with another one... One of 46 new books in the be ...Show more
The Queen of Spades : Little Black Classic by Alexander Pushkin
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 110 | Reading Level: very good
'Hermann waited for the appointed hour like a tiger trembling for its prey.' One of Pushkin's most popular and chilling stories, 'The Queen of Spades' tells of a young man who develops a dangerous obsession in pursuit of the wealth he craves. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics ...Show more
The Rule of Benedict : Little Black Classic by Anon
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Idleness is the enemy of the soul'. Saint Benedict's advice to monks - on everything from correct posture to the value of silence - has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Clas ...Show more
The Sandman : Little Black Classic by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
"Strange man, how can you have eyes for sale? Eyes? Eyes?" ' The disturbing tale of a young man's obsession with the Sandman, stealer of eyes, which has inspired writers from Sigmund Freud to Neil Gaiman. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever ...Show more
The Sea Raiders : Little Black Classic by H. G. Wells
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
"...slowly uncoiling their tentacles...and making a soft purring sound to each other." This is a disgusting account of a school of giant squid attacking a seaside resort, and two other examples of Wells' extraordinary imagination at work - 'The Magic Shop' and 'The Land Ironclads'. This is one of 46 new ...Show more