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The Robber Bridegroom : Little Black Classic by Grimm Brothers
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Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 68 | Reading Level: very good
'Then she began to run, and she ran over the sharp stones and through the thorns, and the wild animals bounded past her...' Four weird, dark and enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the hu ...Show more
The Rule of Benedict : Little Black Classic by Anon
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Idleness is the enemy of the soul'. Saint Benedict's advice to monks - on everything from correct posture to the value of silence - has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Clas ...Show more
The Sandman : Little Black Classic by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
"Strange man, how can you have eyes for sale? Eyes? Eyes?" ' The disturbing tale of a young man's obsession with the Sandman, stealer of eyes, which has inspired writers from Sigmund Freud to Neil Gaiman. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever ...Show more
The Sea Raiders : Little Black Classic by H. G. Wells
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
"...slowly uncoiling their tentacles...and making a soft purring sound to each other." This is a disgusting account of a school of giant squid attacking a seaside resort, and two other examples of Wells' extraordinary imagination at work - 'The Magic Shop' and 'The Land Ironclads'. This is one of 46 new ...Show more
The Stolen White Elephant: Penguin Little Black Classics no. 88 by Mark Twain
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Pale Terror Goes Him, Death and Devastation Follow!' This is from the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted. This is one of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1 ...Show more
The Suffragettes : Penguin Little Black Classic No. 94 by Various
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.' A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world.
The Terrors of the Night : Little Black Classic by Thomas Nashe
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Category: No Category | Series: Little Black Classics No. 30 | Reading Level: very good
'...dreaming of bears, or fire, or water...' The greatest of Elizabethan pamphleteers, Nashe had a magical ability with words, never more so than in The Terrors of the Night, where he mulls over ghosts, demons, nightmares and the supernatural. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80 ...Show more
The Tinder Box : Little Black Classic by Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: No Category | Series: Little Black Classics 23 | Reading Level: very good
Andersen's bittersweet fairy tales propelled their troubled author to international fame and revolutionized children's writing. 'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels.' Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an internati ...Show more
The Wife of Bath : Little Black Classic by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Category: No Category | Series: Little Black Classics 28 | Reading Level: very good
'Those husbands that I had, Three of them were good and two were bad. The three that I call "good" were rich and old...' One of the most bawdy, entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury Tales. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celeb ...Show more
The Withered Arm : Little Black Classic by Thomas Hardy
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'She bared her poor curst arm'. A jealous lover's curse and an ingenious party trick feature in these two suspenseful stories set in Hardy's imaginary Wessex. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers ...Show more
The World is Full of Foolish Men : Penguin Little Black Classic No. 83 by Jean De La Fontaine
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'The pleasure is twice as sweetWhen you cheat a cheat.' An illustrated collection of fables from one of France's most vital writers.
The Yellow Book : Little Black Classic by Anon
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
' "She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure." ' Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection from the notorious magazine The Yellow Book includes stories and poems by famous writers such as Arn ...Show more