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The Penguin Classics Book

Edited by Henry Eliot

Edited by Henry Eliot

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Oct 08, 2019 | ISBN 9781524705879

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Oct 08, 2019 | ISBN 9781524705879

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About The Penguin Classics Book

A historic guide to the world of Penguin Classics from its UK origin, covering a span from the ancient world to World War I, in a luxurious orange clothbound package with colored endpapers, full-color pages, and illustrations

A Penguin Classic Hardcover

Penguin Classics is the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. The Penguin Classics Book covers all the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history, and philosophy in between, this reader’s companion encompasses 500 authors, 1,200 books, and 4,000 years of world literature, from ancient Mesopotamia to World War I. Filled with stories of the series’ UK origin, author biographies, short book summaries and recommendations, and illustrated with historic Penguin Classic covers, The Penguin Classics Book is an entertaining historic look at the earliest chapters of the world’s best-known Classics publisher.

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Henry Eliot is the creative editor of Penguin Classics UK. Before joining Penguin he organized various literary tours, including a mass public pilgrimage for the National Trust (inspired by William Morris), a recreation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that raised money… More about Henry Eliot

Product Details

Category: Design | Nonfiction Classics

Hardcover | $40.00
Published by Penguin Classics
Oct 08, 2019 | 480 Pages | 7-1/2 x 9-11/16 | ISBN 9781524705879

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