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The Frogs : Little Black Classic by Aristophanes
$6.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | 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 Great Fire of London: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #47 by Samuel Pepys
$2.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | 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 Lifted Veil : Little Black Classic by George Eliot
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Category: General Fiction | 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: Fiction | 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: General Fiction | 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
$5.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | 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
$2.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | 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: Literary | 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
The Stolen White Elephant: Penguin Little Black Classics no. 88 by Mark Twain
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Category: General Fiction | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Pale Terror Goes Him, Death and Devastation Follow!' This is from the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted. This is one of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1 ...Show more
The Suffragettes : Penguin Little Black Classic No. 94 by Various
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Category: General Fiction | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.' A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world.
The Tinder Box : Little Black Classic by Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: General Fiction | 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: General Fiction | 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