| Description |
xix, 459 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The ancient world. The Fertile Crescent ; Ancient India ; Ancient China ; Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome -- The Middle Ages. Medieval Europe ; Medieval & classical Asia ; Medieval Africa -- Early modern Europe. The Renaissance ; The Enlightenment -- The industrial age. Britain ; Western Europe ; Central & Eastern Europe ; Scandinavia ; Russia ; Asia ; Australasia ; The Americas ; The First World War. |
| Summary |
Penguin Classics is the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. From 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' to the poetry of the First World War, and covering all the greatest works of fiction, poetry, drama, history and philosophy in between, this reader's companion encompasses 500 authors, 1,200 books and 4,000 years of world literature.Stuffed full of stories, author biographies, book summaries and recommendations, and illustrated with thousands of historic Penguin Classic covers, this is an exhilarating and comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to explore and discover the best books ever written. |
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Penguin (Firm) -- History.
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Penguin classics -- History.
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Canon (Literature) -- Publishing.
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Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain.
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Penguin (Firm) (OCoLC)fst00511205
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Penguin classics. (OCoLC)fst01389805
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Books and reading.
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Literature -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9780241320877 |
| ISBN |
9780241320853 (hardback) |
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0241320852 (hardback) |
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9781524705879 (hardback) |
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152470587X (hardback) |
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9780241320877 (ePub ebook) |
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