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The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas’s saga of<br />
torment and retribution, and Vanity Fair, William<br />
Makepeace Thackeray’s gloriously satirical epic of love<br />
and social adventure, are the latest volumes in the muchcoveted<br />
<strong>Penguin</strong> Classics clothbound series. With covers by<br />
award-winning <strong>Penguin</strong> designer Coralie Bickford-Smith,<br />
these eye-catching patterned editions are wonderful gifts<br />
on their own or with any of the other charmingly packaged<br />
books in the collection.<br />
n Part of <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics’s series of 30 clothbound<br />
books designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith<br />
n The Count of Monte Cristo includes an introduction,<br />
explanatory notes, a chronology, and suggestions for<br />
further reading<br />
n Previous <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics clothbound books have<br />
sold more than 600,000 copies<br />
n Perfect for holiday gift-giving<br />
“ [Coralie Bickford-Smith’s] intricate yet<br />
minimalist designs emanate a kind of obsessive<br />
charm that makes us love the books they grace<br />
even more.” —Maria Popova, Brain Pickings<br />
alexanDRe DuMas (1802–1870) was the son of Napoleon’s<br />
famous general Dumas. A prolific author, his body of work includes a<br />
number of popular classics, including The Three Musketeers and The Man<br />
in the Iron Mask.<br />
RoBin Buss (1939–2006) was a writer and translator who worked<br />
for the Independent on Sunday and as television critic for the Times<br />
Educational Supplement. He was also the translator of a number of volumes<br />
for <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics.<br />
williaM MakePeaCe thaCkeRay (1811–1863) was born<br />
and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune.<br />
He was a regular contributor to periodicals and Vanity Fair was serialized<br />
in Punch in 1847–1848.<br />
John CaRey is Professor of English at Oxford University and the chief<br />
book re<strong>view</strong>er of the Sunday Times (London). He lives in London.<br />
CoRalie BiCkfoRD-sMith is an award-winning designer at<br />
<strong>Penguin</strong> Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed<br />
series designs. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in<br />
London.<br />
also availaBle fRoM <strong>Penguin</strong> ClassiCs:<br />
Jane Eyre 978-0-14-104038-7 $22.00<br />
Les Misérables 978-1-84614-049-5 $25.00<br />
Pride and Prejudice 978-0-14-104034-9 $22.00<br />
Sense and Sensibility 978-0-14-104037-0 $22.00<br />
PeNGuIN CLASSIC<br />
SePTeMBeR<br />
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