A great companion piece to The Penguin Classics Book. This book features on the Penguin Modern Classics series in its forms from its inception to today. I didn’t know the series has gone from several iterations and finally all brought together as ‘Modern Classics’ ‘Penguin Modern Classics’ ‘Twentieth Century Classics’ and finally back to Penguin Modern Classics. Same with how the covers have changed over the years with several re-designs.
Its a nice flick through the history and catalogue, I didn’t find it as enjoyable as the Classics book, but found several books of interest. The book does cover a vast scope of books and every continent is represented with selections, obviously this is a more European/English centred book. It also is only accurate to 2021 when it was published so naturally the series is even more comprehensive than the book represents so it is out of date.
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