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The Dhammapada : Little Black Classic by Anon
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics 80 | Reading Level: very good
'Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal.' Captivating aphorisms illustrating the Buddhist dhamma, or moral system. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Cla ...Show more
The Eve of St Agnes : Little Black Classic by John Keats
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics No. 13 | Reading Level: very good
'Hoodwink'd in faery fancy...' This volume contains a selection of Keats' greatest verse - including his gothic story in verse, 'The Eve of St Agnes', and the mysterious 'Lamia' - exploring themes of love, enchantment, myth and magic. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthd ...Show more
The Figure in the Carpet : Little Black Classic by Henry James
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 49 | Reading Level: very good
Did she know and if she knew would she speak?'The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as "troubled artistic consciousness" Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Pengu ...Show more
The Great Fire of London: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #47 by Samuel Pepys
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics
'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops.' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge r ...Show more
The Meek One: Little Black Classics : Little Black Classic by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's ...Show more
The Nightingales are Drunk : Little Black Classic by Hafez
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics 27 | Reading Level: very good
'Drunk or sober, king or soldier, none will be excluded.' Sensual, profound, delighted, wise, Hafez's poems have enchanted their readers for more than 600 years. One of the greatest figures of world literature, he remains today the most popular poet in modern Iran. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 ...Show more
The Robber Bridegroom : Little Black Classic by Grimm Brothers
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 68 | Reading Level: very good
'Then she began to run, and she ran over the sharp stones and through the thorns, and the wild animals bounded past her...' Four weird, dark and enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the hu ...Show more
The Terrors of the Night : Little Black Classic by Thomas Nashe
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics No. 30 | Reading Level: very good
'...dreaming of bears, or fire, or water...' The greatest of Elizabethan pamphleteers, Nashe had a magical ability with words, never more so than in The Terrors of the Night, where he mulls over ghosts, demons, nightmares and the supernatural. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80 ...Show more
The Tinder Box : Little Black Classic by Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics 23 | Reading Level: very good
Andersen's bittersweet fairy tales propelled their troubled author to international fame and revolutionized children's writing. 'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels.' Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an internati ...Show more
The Wife of Bath : Little Black Classic by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics 28 | Reading Level: very good
'Those husbands that I had, Three of them were good and two were bad. The three that I call "good" were rich and old...' One of the most bawdy, entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury Tales. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celeb ...Show more
The Yellow Wall-Paper : Little Black Classic by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics 42 | Reading Level: very good
'The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.' Written with barely controlled fury after she was confined to her room for 'nerves' and forbidden to write, Gilman's pioneering feminist horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with it ...Show more
Three Tang Dynasty Poets: Little Black Classics: Pengiun 80s #9 by Wang Wei
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Little Black Classics
'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?' A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poets Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around ...Show more