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thoMas Middleton c. 1580 – 1627, english Five Plays Edited with an Introduction by Bryan Loughrey and Neil Taylor Ranging from ingenious comedy to powerful tragedy, five plays—A Trick to Catch the Old One, The Revenger’s Tragedy, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Women Beware Women, and The Changeling— portray the corruptive effects of politics and love in Elizabethan London. 464 pp. 978-0-14-043219-0 $16.00 john stuart Mill 1806 – 1873, english Autobiography Edited with an Introduction by John M. Robson This 1873 work by the founder of Britain’s Utilitarian Society and the author of System of Logic and Principles of Political Economy describes Mill’s intellectual and moral development from his earliest years to maturity. 240 pp. 978-0-14-043316-6 $16.00 On Liberty and The Subjection of Women Edited with an Introduction by Alan Ryan Dedicated to the principle of personal sovereignty of the individual, On Liberty stands as an essential treatise on the subject of human liberty. The Subjection of Women stresses the importance of sexual equality. Together they offer a trenchant consideration of what it really means to be free. 304 pp. 978-0-14-144147-4 $10.00 168 Penguin ClassiCs john stuart Mill 1806 – 1873, english jereMy benthaM 1748 – 1832, english Utilitarianism and Other Essays Edited with an Introduction by Alan Ryan Bentham’s and Mill’s influential sociopolitical ideas are set forth in essays and selections from larger works, enhanced by Alan Ryan’s extensive Introduction analyzing the origins, development, and historical context of these ideas. 352 pp. 978-0-14-043272-5 $11.95 edna st. vinCent Millay 1892 – 1950, american Early Poems Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Holly Peppe Millay’s first three books of lyrics and sonnets are collected here: Renascence, Second April, and A Few Figs from Thistles. With a balanced and appreciative introduction and useful annotations, this volume presents some of the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet’s best work in which she weaves intellect, emotion, and irony. 320 pp. 978-0-14-118054-0 $14.00

arthur Miller 1915 – 2005, american The Portable Arthur Miller Edited by Christopher Bigsby with an Introduction by Harold Clurman This rich cross-section includes six complete plays spanning Miller’s career: The Golden Years, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, After the Fall, The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and Broken Glass. 624 pp. 978-0-14-243755-1 $18.00 All My Sons Introduction by Christopher Bigsby Winner of the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play in 1947 Miller’s first major play established him as a leading voice in American theater. In it he introduced themes that would thread their way through his oeuvre: the relationships between fathers and sons and the conflict between business and personal ethics. 96 pp. 978-0-14-118546-0 $12.00 The Crucible Introduction by Christopher Bigsby Based on historical people and real events, Miller’s play about the witch-hunts and trials in Salem, Massachusetts, is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. The Crucible is not only a play of extraordinary dramatic intensity, but a provocative reminder of the dangers of imposed moralities and “correct thinking.” 176 pp. 978-0-14-243733-9 $13.00 Death of a Salesman Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem Introduction by Christopher Bigsby Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Hailed as the first great play to lay bare the emptiness of America’s relentless drive for material success, Death of a Salesman is Miller’s classic portrait of an ordinary man’s struggle to leave his mark on the world. 144 pp. 978-0-14-118097-7 $13.00 arthur Miller Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. After attending the University of Michigan, he returned to New York where he began his remarkable career in playwriting after publishing the novel Focus in 1945. His first successful play, All My Sons, was soon followed by Death of a Salesman, which received a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and established Miller as a preeminent American playwright. Written in 1953, The Crucible, a play about the Salem witch trials, is considered by many to be an allegory for the McCarthy hearings, which Miller attended. A View from the Bridge garnered Miller his second Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1955. Miller broke ground in contemporary playwriting by portraying the dreams and despair of American working people. P e n g u i n C l a s s i C s 169

thoMas Middleton<br />

c. 1580 – 1627, english<br />

Five Plays<br />

Edited with an Introduction by<br />

Bryan Loughrey and Neil Taylor<br />

Ranging from ingenious comedy to<br />

powerful tragedy, five plays—A Trick to<br />

Catch the Old One, The Revenger’s Tragedy,<br />

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Women<br />

Beware Women, and The Changeling—<br />

portray the corruptive effects of politics<br />

and love in Elizabethan London.<br />

464 pp. 978-0-14-043219-0 $16.00<br />

john stuart Mill<br />

1806 – 1873, english<br />

Autobiography<br />

Edited with an Introduction by<br />

John M. Robson<br />

This 1873 work by the founder of Britain’s<br />

Utilitarian Society and the author of<br />

System of Logic and Principles of Political<br />

Economy describes Mill’s intellectual and<br />

moral development from his earliest years<br />

to maturity.<br />

240 pp. 978-0-14-043316-6 $16.00<br />

On Liberty and The Subjection<br />

of Women<br />

Edited with an Introduction by Alan Ryan<br />

Dedicated to the principle of personal<br />

sovereignty of the individual, On Liberty<br />

stands as an essential treatise on the<br />

subject of human liberty. The Subjection of<br />

Women stresses the importance of sexual<br />

equality. Together they offer a trenchant<br />

consideration of what it really means to<br />

be free.<br />

304 pp. 978-0-14-144147-4 $10.00<br />

168 <strong>Penguin</strong> ClassiCs<br />

john stuart Mill<br />

1806 – 1873, english<br />

jereMy benthaM<br />

1748 – 1832, english<br />

Utilitarianism and Other Essays<br />

Edited with an Introduction by Alan Ryan<br />

Bentham’s and Mill’s influential sociopolitical<br />

ideas are set forth in essays and<br />

selections from larger works, enhanced<br />

by Alan Ryan’s extensive Introduction<br />

analyzing the origins, development, and<br />

historical context of these ideas.<br />

352 pp. 978-0-14-043272-5 $11.95<br />

edna st. vinCent<br />

Millay<br />

1892 – 1950, american<br />

Early Poems<br />

Edited and with an Introduction and Notes<br />

by Holly Peppe<br />

Millay’s first three books of lyrics and<br />

sonnets are collected here: Renascence,<br />

Second April, and A Few Figs from<br />

Thistles. With a balanced and appreciative<br />

introduction and useful annotations, this<br />

volume presents some of the Pulitzer<br />

Prize–winning poet’s best work in which<br />

she weaves intellect, emotion, and irony.<br />

320 pp. 978-0-14-118054-0 $14.00

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