Penguin Modern Classics
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Product Description
Product Description
'A classic is a book which has never exhausted all it has to say to its readers' from Why Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Penguin Modern Classics have been shaping the reading habits of generations since 1961. This 50th anniversary catalogue offers a complete list of all the titles in print across the Modern Classics list, from Chinua Achebe to Stefan Zweig via George Orwell and everything else in between. It also contains Italo Calvino's inspiring essay on what makes a classic a classic.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic pocket-sized list of the best of the best of modern writing; listed alphabetically both by author and title. (And the Mini Modern Classics section at the back of the book is great for novella fans such as myself!) Completing all this is an essay on Modern Classics by Italo Calvino, giving as many different definitions and perspectives as needed.
A must-buy for anyone wishing to be better-read, and at one pound it's a bargain!
(Michael Vale)
A must-buy for anyone wishing to be better-read, and at one pound it's a bargain!
(Michael Vale)
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a really useful little book. Not much needs to be said about it, as it basically does what it says on the tin. It's a nice, compact little book that lists all the Penguin Modern Classics, first alphabetically by author, then by title. The article by Italo Calvino is very interesting, and I think it's a nice touch that it was included.
Obviously the price is excellent, so the book makes a great little buy for whatever reason you may have. Personally one of my aims in life is to try and read all the Penguin Modern Classics, so this book is like a little to-do list for me, but I think it would be useful to any avid reader or book collector.
As I mentioned, it's nice and compact, by which I mean small (around 16cm by 11cm) so it can fit in a handbag or even, at a push, a pocket, always convenient.
I hadn't realised when I purchased it, but this book is actually very up-to-date. Some books listed in it are marked as being 'forthcoming' after March 2011, so not only is it up-to-date, but it will also continue to be for a little while, by including future releases.
All this adds up to making a very useful book. It's not a book you buy to read, as such, as it is essentially a list, but it's certainly one worth having on the shelf, and I shall be keeping an eye out for a list of the Penguin Popular Classics too.
Obviously the price is excellent, so the book makes a great little buy for whatever reason you may have. Personally one of my aims in life is to try and read all the Penguin Modern Classics, so this book is like a little to-do list for me, but I think it would be useful to any avid reader or book collector.
As I mentioned, it's nice and compact, by which I mean small (around 16cm by 11cm) so it can fit in a handbag or even, at a push, a pocket, always convenient.
I hadn't realised when I purchased it, but this book is actually very up-to-date. Some books listed in it are marked as being 'forthcoming' after March 2011, so not only is it up-to-date, but it will also continue to be for a little while, by including future releases.
All this adds up to making a very useful book. It's not a book you buy to read, as such, as it is essentially a list, but it's certainly one worth having on the shelf, and I shall be keeping an eye out for a list of the Penguin Popular Classics too.
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
