Pocket Penguins

Pocket Penguins is a series of books released by Penguin Classics in 2016.[1] The series echoes the style of the original Penguin Books, with smaller A-format size, and tri-band design.[2][3] The first 20 books were released in May 2016, and described by publishing director Simon Winder as "a mix of the famous and the unjustly overlooked".[1] A Pocket Penguins series of 70 titles was published to celebrate Penguin's 70th birthday in 2005.[4] It is known as the Pocket Penguins 70s[5] and is available as a boxed set.[4]

The Books

The book jackets are coloured according to the book's original language: English, Russian, Spanish, German, Italian, Czech, French, Latin, Japanese, Yiddish and Chinese.[2][6]

No.TitleAuthorLanguagePagesISBNRelease date
1The Beast WithinÉmile ZolaFrench480 978024126173626 May 2016[7][8]
2O Pioneers!Willa CatherEnglish208 978024126215326 May 2016[9][10]
3The Cossacks and Hadji MuratLeo TolstoyRussian416 978024126189726 May 2016[11][12]
4The Malay ArchipelagoAlfred Russel WallaceEnglish752 978024126187326 May 2016[13][14]
5The Notebooks of Malte Laurids BriggeRainer Maria RilkeGerman224 978024126119426 May 2016[15][16]
6Mrs DallowayVirginia WoolfEnglish224 978024126179826 May 2016[17][18]
7Out of AfricaKaren BlixenEnglish400 978024126211526 May 2016[19][20]
8MetamorphosisFranz KafkaGerman320 978024126065426 May 2016[21][22]
9My ChildhoodMaxim GorkyRussian272 978024126195826 May 2016[23][24]
10The House of UlloaEmilia Pardo BazánSpanish304 978024125916026 May 2016[25][26]
11A Parisian AffairGuy de MaupassantFrench368 978024126084526 May 2016[27][28]
12The BetrothedAlessandro ManzoniItalian832 978024125907826 May 2016[29][30]
13WaldenHenry David ThoreauEnglish336 978024126185926 May 2016[31][32]
14Fathers and SonsIvan TurgenevRussian272 978024126197226 May 2016[33][34]
15The RainbowD. H. LawrenceEnglish592 978024126073926 May 2016[35][36]
16The Call of CthulhuH. P. LovecraftEnglish512 978024126077726 May 2016[37][38]
17The Secret AgentJoseph ConradEnglish320 978024125952826 May 2016[39][40]
18The Good Soldier ŠvejkJaroslav HašekCzech912 978024126003626 May 2016[41][42]
19The Lost EstateHenri Alain-FournierFrench256 978024125891026 May 2016[43][44]
20The Master and MargaritaMikhail BulgakovRussian528 978024125932026 May 2016[45][46]
21The Gambler and A Nasty BusinessFyodor DostoyevskyRussian272 97802412595804 August 2016[47][48]
22The Heart is a Lonely HunterCarson McCullersEnglish384 97802412597404 August 2016[49][50]
23The Island of Doctor MoreauH. G. WellsEnglish160 97802412618284 August 2016[51][52]
24Storm of SteelErnst JüngerGerman304 97802412619964 August 2016[53][54]
25Don't Look NowDaphne du MaurierEnglish320 97802412597264 August 2016[55][56]
26The Twelve CaesarsSuetoniusLatin432 97802412616754 August 2016[57][58]
27Wind, Sand and StarsAntoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench160 97802412616444 August 2016[59][60]
28SanshirōNatsume SōsekiJapanese272 97802412844694 August 2016[61][62]
29Dream StoryArthur SchnitzlerGerman96 97802412844834 August 2016[63][64]
30Good Morning, MidnightJean RhysEnglish176 97802412614084 August 2016[65][66]
31Put Out More FlagsEvelyn WaughEnglish384 97802412616993 November 2016[67][68]
32The Magician of LublinIsaac Bashevis SingerYiddish624 97802412606923 November 2016[69][70]
33Eugénie GrandetHonoré de BalzacFrench784 97802412600503 November 2016[71][72]
34The Age of ReasonJean-Paul SartreFrench336 97802412596963 November 2016[73][74]
35The Good SoldierFord Madox FordEnglish256 97802412594053 November 2016[75][76]
36Lust, CautionEileen ChangChinese352 97802412590923 November 2016[77][78]
37Laughter in the DarkVladimir NabokovRussian192 97802412612483 November 2016[79][80]
38Ten Days That Shook the WorldJohn ReedEnglish368 97802412611703 November 2016[81][82]
39Dead SoulsNikolai GogolRussian512 97802412599933 November 2016[83][84]
40MonkeyWu Cheng'enChinese400 97802412591843 November 2016[85][86]

Pocket Penguins series of 2005

A Pocket Penguins series of 70 titles was published to celebrate Penguin's 70th birthday in 2005. Each has 64 pages. They were designed to be collectable with each cover created as part of a project undertaken by 70 leading artists and designers. Among the authors in the Pocket Penguin series are: Eric Schlosser, Nick Hornby, Albert Camus, P.D. James, Richard Dawkins, India Knight, Marian Keyes, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Jonathan Safran Foer, Homer, Paul Theroux, Elizabeth David, Anais Nin, Antony Beevor, Gustave Flaubert, Anne Frank, James Kelman, Hari Kunzru, Simon Schama, William Trevor, George Orwell, Michael Moore, Helen Dunmore, J.K. Galbraith, Gervase Phinn, W.G. Sebald, Redmond O'Hanlon, Ali Smith, Sigmund Freud, Simon Armitage, Hunter S. Thompson, Vladimir Nabokov, Niall Ferguson, Muriel Spark, Steven Pinker, Tony Harrison, John Updike, Will Self, H.G. Wells, Noam Chomsky, Jamie Oliver, Virginia Woolf, Zadie Smith, John Mortimer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Roger McGough, Ian Kershaw, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Steven Runciman, Sue Townsend, Primo Levi, Alistair Cooke, William Boyd, Robert Graves, Melissa Bank, Truman Capote, David Lodge, Anton Chekhov, Claire Tomalin, David Cannadine, P.G. Wodehouse, Franz Kafka, Dave Eggers, Evelyn Waugh, Pat Barker, Jonathan Coe, John Steinbeck and Alain de Botton.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cowdrey, Katherine (18 February 2016). "PRH launches new classics range, Pocket Penguins". The Bookseller. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Cooke, Rachel (31 May 2016). "What Penguins, donkeys and moles have in common". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, Mark (19 February 2016). "Pocket Penguins – in search of the perfect Classic". Creative Review. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Pocket Penguins Boxed Set. Amazon.com / Penguin Books. May 6, 2005. ISBN 978-0-14091-271-5.
  5. 1 2 "Pocket Penguins 70s Publisher Series by cover". LibraryThing. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Books". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Beast Within". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Beast Within". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "O Pioneers!". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "O Pioneers!". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Cossacks and Hadji Murat". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Cossacks and Hadji Murat". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Malay Archipelago". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Malay Archipelago". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mrs Dalloway". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "Mrs Dalloway". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Out of Africa". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Out of Africa". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Metamorphosis". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Metamorphosis". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "My Childhood". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  24. ↑ "My Childhood". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  25. ↑ "The House of Ulloa". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  26. ↑ "The House of Ulloa". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  27. ↑ "A Parisian Affair". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  28. ↑ "A Parisian Affair". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  29. ↑ "The Betrothed". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  30. ↑ "The Betrothed". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  31. ↑ "Walden". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  32. ↑ "Walden". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  33. ↑ "Fathers and Sons". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  34. ↑ "Fathers and Sons". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  35. ↑ "The Rainbow". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  36. ↑ "The Rainbow". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  37. ↑ "The Call of Cthulhu". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  38. ↑ "The Call of Cthulhu". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  39. ↑ "The Secret Agent". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  40. ↑ "The Secret Agent". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  41. ↑ "The Good Soldier Švejk". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  42. ↑ "The Good Soldier Švejk". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  43. ↑ "The Lost Estate". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  44. ↑ "The Lost Estate". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  45. ↑ "The Master and Margarita". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  46. ↑ "The Master and Margarita". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  47. ↑ "The Gambler and A Nasty Business". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  48. ↑ "The Gambler and A Nasty Business". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  49. ↑ "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  50. ↑ "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  51. ↑ "The Island of Doctor Moreau". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  52. ↑ "The Island of Doctor Moreau". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  53. ↑ "Storm of Steel". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  54. ↑ "Storm of Steel". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  55. ↑ "Don't Look Now". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  56. ↑ "Don't Look Now". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  57. ↑ "The Twelve Caesars". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  58. ↑ "The Twelve Caesars". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  59. ↑ "Wind, Sand and Stars". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  60. ↑ "Wind, Sand and Stars". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  61. ↑ "Sanshiro". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  62. ↑ "Sanshiro". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  63. ↑ "Dream Story". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  64. ↑ "Dream Story". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  65. ↑ "Good Morning, Midnight". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  66. ↑ "Good Morning, Midnight". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  67. ↑ "Put Out More Flags". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  68. ↑ "Put Out More Flags". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  69. ↑ "The Magician of Lublin". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  70. ↑ "The Magician of Lublin". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  71. ↑ "Eugenie Grandet". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  72. ↑ "Eugenie Grandet". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  73. ↑ "The Age of Reason". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  74. ↑ "The Age of Reason". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  75. ↑ "The Good Soldier". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  76. ↑ "The Good Soldier". Penguin Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  77. ↑ "Lust, Caution". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  78. ↑ "Lust, Caution". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  79. ↑ "Laughter in the Dark". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  80. ↑ "Laughter in the Dark". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  81. ↑ "Ten Days That Shook the World". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  82. ↑ "Ten Days That Shook the World". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  83. ↑ "Dead Souls". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  84. ↑ "Dead Souls". Penguin Books. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  85. ↑ "Monkey". Pocket Penguins. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  86. ↑ "Monkey". Penguin Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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