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Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here. Greetings and welcome to the publisher’s office for a brief visit into the world of Penguin Classics where our editorial team shares some insight into our daily lives through classics. Meet us over Instagram where we post our newest titles and highlights from our 2,000+ title catalog, perhaps

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   Greetings and welcome to the publisher’s office for a brief visit into the world of Penguin Classics where our editorial team shares some insight into our daily lives through classics. Meet us over socials where we post our newest titles and highlights from our 2,000+ title

In the history of postwar American art and politics, Arthur Miller casts a long shadow as a playwright of stunning range and power whose works held up a mirror to America and its shifting values. His characters wrestle with power conflicts, personal and social responsibility, and the repercussions of past actions. Bringing new life to

By: Dr. Ron Lee, Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Department of Political Science, Sociology, and Criminal Justice; Director, First Year Seminar Program at Rockford University   In an age defined by its great enthusiasm for diversity, a serious concern with the differences between us requires that we advance our understanding of those differences beyond a

By: Matthew Gutmann, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Brown University My students are hard put to recall another writer, let alone an intellectual giant like Claude Lévi-Strauss, who inveighs against the dangers of literacy, as he does in Tristes Tropiques. It is a great discussion starter. By turns travelogue and scholarly treatise on disappearing cultures

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   Greetings and welcome to the publisher’s office for a brief visit into the world of Penguin Classics where our editorial team shares some insight into our daily lives through classics. Meet us over socials where we post our newest titles and highlights from our 2,000+ title

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   April showers bring May books! Check out the new classics we’re reading to celebrate the return of sunny days and warmer weather, and let us know on social media what you’re turning to (we’re @PenguinClassics everywhere). Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska A

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   Spring has sprung at Penguin Classics HQ, and we are celebrating with a fresh bouquet of brand-new classics. Read on to see what we’re picking up this month, and let us know on social media what your favorite springtime reads are (we’re

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   From the new 65th-anniversary edition of a beloved New York novel, to the Islamic world’s landmark meditation on plagues, to a spotlight on our favorite classic women writers for Women’s History Month, there are plenty of Penguin Classics to put a spring

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   Season’s greetings from Penguin Classics! Our annual gift guide is back to help you find the perfect classic for every reader in your life. Read on for our gift recommendations, visit our 75 Recommended Reads, and let us know on social media

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here. October is in full swing, and we are celebrating accordingly—by reading our favorite horror classics, of course! Read on to see our spine-tingling recommendations, and let us know on social media which terrifying tales you’re sinking your teeth into this month (we’re @PenguinClassics

Because what you read matters.   Subscribe to the Penguin Classics Newsletter here.   ICYMI: We spent the summer revisiting John Steinbeck’s timeless (and timely) words in the beautiful corner of Central California he called home and wrote about so lovingly and wisely. Here are some of our favorite bits of wisdom from and about his