Great Classics 2

Explore Great Classics 2: A curated list of timeless books that every literature lover should read. Discover must-read classics from renowned authors worldwide.

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The Odyssey

by Homer

Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line A Penguin Classic The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through …
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Anton Chekhov's Short Stories

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The thirty-four stories in this volume span Chekhov s creative career."
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Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels …
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The Epic of Gilgamesh

 

N. K. Sandars's landmark translation of one of the first and greatest works of Western literature A Penguin Classic Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his …
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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A mysterious American millionaire tries to recapture the sweetheart of his youth, which results in tragedy.
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Nadja

by André Breton

"Nadja, " originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude …
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

A quiet, sensitive girl searches for beauty in a small, but damned Southern town.
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Complete Stories

by Dorothy Parker

As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring …
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No Exit and Three Other Plays

by Jean-Paul Sartre

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known …
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Dubliners

by James Joyce

Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, …
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The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford

The snobbery and false values of the English country nobility are satirized in these two love stories involving the well-established Radlett and Hampton families.
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