The Penguin Modern Classics is not only an essential guide to twentieth century literature across the world but a continuous journey in which each flick of the page leads to a new culture and era of literature, with books enticingly shining their cover designs at you shouting, read me!
Showcasing every title published in the Penguin Modern Classics series to date, this behemoth is both a testament to beautiful book design and publishing history.
Divided by continent, the book holds the key to depicting more than 1,800 titles and 600 authors from generation to generation within the publishing house’s six decade archives, featuring and era-defining and ever-evolving series of books, encompassed by works by modernist pioneers, avant-garde iconoclasts, radical visionaries and timeless storytellers.
Bursting with lively descriptions, surprising reading lists, key literary movements and over two thousand cover images, this book is truly an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years.
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