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ISBN 978-0-14-139319-3 $17.00 (NCR) Poetry/Literature 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 304 pp. Rights: N00 A Penguin Classics Original On sale: 8/27/2013 SuGGeSTeD ORDeR “ The father of us all.” —Ted Hughes “ I began reading Edward Thomas in a cold winter forty years ago. . . . I read him at once, entire, knowing ever more certainly, poem by poem, that I loved him, he would be with me for life, I would learn from him.” —David Constantine, The Guardian Penguin ClassiC 124 SePTeMBeR Online Publicity Finally back in Penguin Classics: the poems and prose of cult WWI writer Edward Thomas, with a new introduction by The Old Ways author Robert Macfarlane Selected Poems and Prose Edward Thomas Selected by David Wright Introduction by Robert Macfarlane Beloved writer Edward Thomas is best known for his evocative poetry, though his writing career was varied and prolific, with more than two thousand reviews and nearly thirty volumes of topography, biography, and literary criticism published by the time of his death at age thirty-nine in World War I. After years of writing about poetry, Thomas, an intensely contemplative man who believed deeply in the power of perambulation, was encouraged by his close friend Robert Frost to write his own verse. This stunning collection includes some of his most treasured work and, with a beautiful introduction by bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, will bring Thomas’s extraordinary writings to a new generation of readers and aspiring writers. n Publishing to coincide with the paperback publication of Robert Macfarlane’s The Old Ways (see p. 65), which reflects heavily on Edward Thomas’s life and verse n Publishing in anticipation of the centennial of the start of World War I (July 2014) n Thomas was the subject of Robert Frost’s most famous poem, “The Road Not Taken,” and was championed by later poets, including W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, and Dylan Thomas eDwaRD thoMas (1878–1917) was an English poet, journalist, and essayist who published nearly thirty books. He was killed in action during World War I. DaviD wRight (1920–1994) was an acclaimed South African–born poet, translator, memoirist, biographer, and editor. RoBeRt MaCfaRlane is the author of several award-winning books, including Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places, and The Old Ways. He lives in Cambridge, England.

ISBN 978-0-14-243796-4 $17.00 Marcel Proust Swann’s Way (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) 2013 is the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest novels of all time also availaBle fRoM Penguin ClassiCs: Collected Poems 978-0-14-310690-6 $25.00 Guermantes Way 978-0-14-303922-8 $20.00 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower 978-0-14-303907-5 $20.00 Sodom and Gomorrah 978-0-14-303931-0 $22.00 “ Swann’s Way is transformed into something even more enchanting in Lydia Davis’s new translation.” —Vanity Fair AVAILABLe NOW Marcel Proust’s classic, Swann’s Way, is arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. First published in 1913 and the first of the seven-volume epic In Search of Lost Time, Swann’s Way remains a favorite among readers all over the world. In all the events and fanfare surrounding the 100th anniversary of the book’s publication, Penguin Classics’s internationally acclaimed translation by Lydia Davis will stand out as the one to have and to treasure. PeNGuIN CLASSIC 125

ISBN 978-0-14-243796-4 $17.00<br />

Marcel Proust<br />

Swann’s Way<br />

(<strong>Penguin</strong> Classics Deluxe Edition)<br />

2013 is the 100th anniversary<br />

of one of the greatest novels of<br />

all time<br />

also availaBle fRoM <strong>Penguin</strong> ClassiCs:<br />

Collected Poems 978-0-14-310690-6 $25.00<br />

Guermantes Way 978-0-14-303922-8 $20.00<br />

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower 978-0-14-303907-5 $20.00<br />

Sodom and Gomorrah 978-0-14-303931-0 $22.00<br />

“ Swann’s Way is transformed into something even more<br />

enchanting in Lydia Davis’s new translation.”<br />

—Vanity Fair<br />

AVAILABLe NOW<br />

Marcel Proust’s classic, Swann’s Way, is arguably the finest<br />

novel of the twentieth century. First published in 1913 and the<br />

first of the seven-volume epic In Search of Lost Time, Swann’s<br />

Way remains a favorite among readers all over the world. In<br />

all the events and fanfare surrounding the 100th anniversary<br />

of the book’s publication, <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics’s internationally<br />

acclaimed translation by Lydia Davis will stand out as the one<br />

to have and to treasure.<br />

PeNGuIN CLASSIC<br />

125

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