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A Modern Detective : Little Black Classic by Edgar Allan Poe
$3.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
In these two stories gentleman sleuth C. Auguste Dupin, the first fictional detective, investigates the death of a young girl and the grisly murders in the Rue Morgue.
Antigone : Little Black Classic by Sophocles; Robert Fagles (translator)
$3.00 NZD
Category: Greek Literature | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 55 | Reading Level: very good
'It's a dreadful thing to yield ...but resist now? Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin? That's dreadful too.' The remarkable story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and dive ...Show more
How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing : Little Black Classic by Michel de Montaigne
$3.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 29 | Reading Level: very good
'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace.' A selection of charming essays from a master of the genre exploring the contradictions inherent to human thought, words and actions. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics cel ...Show more
How to be a Medieval Woman by Margery Kempe
$5.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'And then he, completely astonished at her words, left off his lewdness, saying to her as many a man had done before, "Either you are a truly good woman or else a truly wicked woman." ' Brave, outspoken and guaranteed to annoy people wherever she went - including exasperated fellow pilgrims in Jerusalem ...Show more
Matilda : Little Black Classic by Mary Shelley
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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever' Mary Shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever ...Show more
My Dearest Father : Little Black Classic by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
$3.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 51 | Reading Level: very good
'They wanted me to give a concert; I wanted them to beg me. And so they did. I gave a concert.' A selection of personal correspondence between Mozart and his most important mentor and supporter, his father. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics ce ...Show more
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson
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Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'It's coming - the postponeless Creature' Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives r ...Show more
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts : Little Black Classic by Thomas De Quincey
$3.00 NZD
Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 4 | Reading Level: very good
'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...' In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically e ...Show more
Stancliffe's Hotel by Charlotte Bronte
$5.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'Reader, if you're ready, so am I.' These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Bronte's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Bronte's early writing. This is one of 46 new books in the be ...Show more
The Book of Tea : Little Black Classic by Kakuzo Okakura
$4.00 NZD
Category: Drinks | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics | Reading Level: very good
'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. ...Show more
The Figure in the Carpet : Little Black Classic by Henry James
$3.00 NZD
Category: Literary Fiction | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 49 | Reading Level: very good
Did she know and if she knew would she speak?'The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as "troubled artistic consciousness" Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Pengu ...Show more
The Queen of Spades : Little Black Classic by Alexander Pushkin
$2.00 NZD
Category: Literature | 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 Classic ...Show more