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Overview
Little Black Classics are a series of short books published by Penguin Books, the series consists of complete or extracts from books considered to be classics. Penguin Books has published 127 in total.
https://www.littleblackclassics.com/
https://www.littleblackclassics.com/
Penguin Little Black Classics
23 participants (127 books)
Overview
Little Black Classics are a series of short books published by Penguin Books, the series consists of complete or extracts from books considered to be classics. Penguin Books has published 127 in total.
https://www.littleblackclassics.com/
https://www.littleblackclassics.com/
Challenge Books
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The Fall of Icarus
Ovid
Enduring myths of vengeful gods and tragically flawed mortals from ancient Rome’s great poet.
74
Come Close
Sappho
Sensual, sun-soaked verse on love and the gods in ancient Greece, from the poet named ‘the tenth Muse’ by Plato.
75
Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands
Ivan Turgenev
These haunting accounts of rural Russia and its downtrodden inhabitants helped to abolish serfdom in 1861.
76
O Cruel Alexis
Virgil
Pastoral verse steeped in wit and nostalgia, from one of ancient Rome’s greatest poets.
77
A Slip under the Microscope
H.G. Wells
Two disturbing stories of human conscience and conflicting desires by the pioneer of science fiction.
78
The Madness of Cambyses
Herodotus
Weaving factual account with colourful myth, the ‘father of history’ tells of the psychotic Persian king ‒ and his fateful death.
79
Speaking of Siva
Allama Prabhu, Mahadeviyakka, Devara Dasimayya
Four medieval Hindu saints approach sex and death through riddle and enigma in this mystical, devotional poetry.
80
The Dhammapada
Anonymous
Ancient aphorisms on endurance, self-control and perfect joy, widely acknowledged as the Buddha’s own teachings.
81
Lady Susan
Jane Austen
Glittering with Austen’s subversive young imagination, this wicked early novella features a devious, adulterous anti-heroine.
82
The Body Politic
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Arguing that a state’s political power should lie with its people, these pieces from The Social Contract inspired the French revolution.
83
The World is Full of Foolish Men
Jean de La Fontaine
Lions, foxes and cicadas expose the foibles of humanity in these sparkling 17th-century tales from France’s greatest fabulist.
84
The Sea Raiders
H.G. Wells
Spellbinding short stories of man-eating squid, magicians and monstrous machines, from the father of science fiction.